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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. §*;~,,,,,,
,~~;**§@## ##@§**;~~,
,~~;**§@## 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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,~~;**§@@@ @@@§**;~~,
,~~;**§@## ##@§**;~~,
,~~;**§@## ##@§**;~~,