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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, ¨,~\$%&@@@
@&$~¨¨¨¨¨¨ forcing it to pause, further separating ¨¨¨¨¨¨~$&@
@@@&%$\~,¨ it from its two friends. ¨,~\$%&@@@
##@&%$\~,¨ ¨,~\$%&@##
#@@&%$\~,¨ ¨,~\$%&@@#
@@%\\,,,¨¨ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ¨¨,,,\\%@@
@@&$~,,,,¨ & 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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