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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. ¤&%-......
..-=%&¤##@ @##¤&%=-..
..-=%&¤¤## 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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