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.......^-\ @ autonomous railmakers will notice    @ \-^.......
........^- @ wildlife in their path and stop,     @ -^........
.........^ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ^.........
.......... sound  a   horn,  nudge  the  animal   a ..........
.......... little,  but  ultimately  wait  it  out. ..........
.......... although  they  will log  video, no call ..........
.........^ will   be   made   for    any    outside ^.........
........^-      assistance. this is very good.      -^........
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......^-\*  the railmakers are siemens-manufactured *\-^......
.....^-\*§ brick-like  things.  fields of  gray and §*\-^.....
....^-\*§@     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     @§*\-^....
...^-\*§@£ hissing.  trilling to  each other,  like £@§*\-^...
..^-\*§@£# language.   and  here,  three  of  them, #£@§*\-^..
.^-\*§@£## slowly  making  their  way  through  the ##£@§*\-^.
..^-\*§@£#              dense forest.               #£@§*\-^..
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....^-\*§@ i'm  coming up  on them  from behind and @§*\-^....
.....^-\*§ to  the left,  hidden  behind  the thick §*\-^.....
......^-\* foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps *\-^......
.......^-\     between the leaves, casting rays     \-^.......
........^- through  the  wet air, playing  over  my -^........
.........^ face  and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ^.........
.......... overtake them, crouch  in the ditch made ..........
.......... by the preprocessor, and  watch.  one of ..........
.......... them   is  already   a  bit  behind  the ..........
.........^ others.    it   will   be   my   target. ^.........
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.......^-\ just as the light  of the leading two is \-^.......
......^-\* dimming,  i deploy the rabbits, throwing *\-^......
.....^-\*§ them  in  the  path  of  my  prey.   the §*\-^.....
....^-\*§@ creatures  are yet alive, but  maimed so @§*\-^....
...^-\*§@£ as  to be  unable to  move  - they  will £@§*\-^...
..^-\*§@£# stay  in  the  path  of  the  railmaker, #£@§*\-^..
.^-\*§@£## forcing it to  pause, further separating ##£@§*\-^.
..^-\*§@£#         it from its two friends.         #£@§*\-^..
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.....^-\*§ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ §*\-^.....
......^-\* @ another thing about the machines:    @ *\-^......
.......^-\ @ there's flesh inside them. @@@@@@@@@@@ \-^.......
........^- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ not meat, -^........
.........^ but  something  like  a liver, that will ^.........
..........  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ..........
.......... well away from their  various  exhausts. ..........
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.........^ a  liver that, as long  as you manage to ^.........
........^- keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek -^........
.......^-\ water enough  for  it  to be  drinkable. \-^.......
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.....^-\*§          which is why i'm here.          §*\-^.....
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