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¨,~\*§¤¶## ¤ autonomous railmakers will notice ¤ ##¶¤§*\~,¨
¨,~\*§§¤¤# ¤ wildlife in their path and stop, ¤ #¤¤§§*\~,¨
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¨,~\*§¤¶## 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. #¶¶¤§*\~,¨
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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. ##¶¤§*\~,¨
¨,~\*§¤¶## ##¶¤§*\~,¨
¨,~\*§¤¶## 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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