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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. #.#.#.#.#.
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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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#.#.#.##.#          which is why i'm here.          #.#.#.#.#.
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