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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 ,,«\$#@###
##@#$\«,,, others. it will be my target. ,,,«\$#@##
#@#$\«,,,, ,,,,«\$#@#
@#$\«,,,,, just as the light of the leading two is ,,,,,«\$#@
#$\«,,,,,, 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 ,,,,«\$#@#
@#$\«,,,,, water enough for it to be drinkable. ,,,,,«\$#@
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$\«,,,,,,, which is why i'm here. ,,,,,,,«\$
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