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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. #¶¶#@†\-.,
,.-\†@#¶## ##¶#@†\-.,
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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. ¶##@†---.,
,,,,,,-†#¶ ¶#†-,,,,,,
,,,,,,-\@# which is why i'm here. #@\-,,,,,,
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