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.^»†%$@### @ autonomous railmakers will notice    @ ###@$%†»^.
.^»†%$£### @ wildlife in their path and stop,     @ ###£$%†»^.
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.^»%$@£### sound  a  horn,  nudge   the   animal  a ###£@$%»^.
.^»†%$@@@@ little,  but  ultimately  wait  it  out. @@@@$%†»^.
.^»†%$@£## although  they will  log  video, no call ##£@$%†»^.
.^†%$@£### will   be   made    for    any   outside ###£@$%†^.
.^»††%$$@#      assistance. this is very good.      #@$$%††»^.
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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 @@@$$%†»^.
.^»†%$@£## others.   it   will    be   my   target. ##£@$%†»^.
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.^»†%$@£## just as the light of the leading two  is ##£@$%†»^.
.^»†%$@£## dimming, i  deploy the rabbits, throwing ##£@$%†»^.
.^»†%$$$£# 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  ###£@%†»^.
.^»†%$@£## well away  from their various  exhausts. ##£@$%†»^.
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...^»†$@£# a  liver  that, as long as you manage to #£@$†»^...
.^»†%$@£## keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek ##£@$%†»^.
...»†††$@£ water enough  for  it to  be  drinkable. £@$†††»...
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