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