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....-***&& & autonomous railmakers will notice & &&***-....
.,-/*¤&@@@ & wildlife in their path and stop, & @@@&¤*/-,.
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.,-/*¤&@@@ 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 ###@&¤/-,.
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.....,,/¤& 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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.,-/*¤&@## & 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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