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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. #@@:».¨¨¨¨
¨.»:%@##@# #@##@%:».¨
¨.»:%@###@ 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. @##@%%:».¨
¨.»:%@##@# #@##@%:».¨
¨.»:%##@## 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. @###@%:».¨
¨¨¨¨.»:@## ##@:».¨¨¨¨
¨.»:%@#### 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. #@@%%:»».¨
¨.»:%@#@## ##@#@%:».¨
¨.»:%@###@ a liver that, as long as you manage to @###@%:».¨
¨¨¨¨¨.:@#@ keep it alive, can clean the creek @#@:.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.»%@##@## water enough for it to be drinkable. ##@##@%».¨
¨.»:%@#### ####@%:».¨
¨.»:%@#### which is why i'm here. ####@%:».¨
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