,^=†*¤¤@##                                          ##@¤¤*†=^,
,,,,==†*¤@                                          @¤*†==,,,,
,^=†*¤¤@##                                          ##@¤¤*†=^,
,^=†*¤¤¤@@                                          @@¤¤¤*†=^,
,^=†*¤¤¤¤#                                          #¤¤¤¤*†=^,
,,,,,,^†¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤†^,,,,,,
,^=†*¤¤@## ¤ 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.         ###@¤¤*†=,
,^=†*¤¤@##                                          ##@¤¤*†=^,
,^=†*¤¤@@#                                          #@@¤¤*†=^,
,,,^=†¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤†=^,,,
,^=†*¤¤@## ¤ 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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,,,=††*¤¤¤                                          ¤¤¤*††=,,,