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##@#@§=«-. # autonomous railmakers will notice # .-«=§@#@##
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##@#@§=«-. sound a horn, nudge the animal a .-«=§@#@##
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@@@@@§=«-. 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 .....«««§#
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##@#@§=«-. slowly making their way through the .-«=§@#@##
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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 .-«=§@#@##
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##@#@§=«-. face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly .-«=§@#@##
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#§==«--... 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, .-«=§@@#@#
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#§=-...... it from its two friends. ......-=§#
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@@@#@§=«-. 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 .....«=§@#
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