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#%**/~,,,¨                                          ¨,,,~/**%#
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~*§§
#@#§%*/~,¨                                          ¨,~/*%§#@#
#@#§%*/~,¨ 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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