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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. ##@#&§%:-.
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.-»:%§#@## ##@#§%:»-.
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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. &&&&§%:»-.
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.-»:%§&### which is why i'm here. ###&§%:»-.
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