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,.~;^$¤@@@ ¤ autonomous railmakers will notice ¤ @@@¤$^;~.,
,.~;^$¤@@@ ¤ wildlife in their path and stop, ¤ @@@¤$^;~.,
,,,,,.;;^¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤^;;.,,,,,
,.~;^$¤@@@ sound a horn, nudge the animal a @@@¤$^;~.,
,.~;^$@@## little, but ultimately wait it out. ##@@$^;~.,
,.~;^$¤@@# although they will log video, no call #@@¤$^;~.,
,.~;^$@@## will be made for any outside ##@@$^;~.,
,.~;^$¤@## assistance. this is very good. ##@¤$^;~.,
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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 ¤^^;~.,,,,
,,,,.;^¤¤@ 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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,.~;^$@@## ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ##@@$^;~.,
,.~;^$¤@## ¤ another thing about the machines: ¤ ##@¤$^;~.,
,,,,.~~^¤¤ ¤ there's flesh inside them. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤^~~.,,,,
,.~;^$¤¤@@ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ not meat, @@¤¤$^;~.,
,.~;^^$¤¤@ but something like a liver, that will @¤¤$^^;~.,
,,,..~~^¤¤ keep the railmakers internal chemistry ¤¤^~~..,,,
,,,,.;$$¤@ well away from their various exhausts. @¤$$;.,,,,
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,.~~~^^^^¤ a liver that, as long as you manage to ¤^^^^~~~.,
,,,,,~;$¤@ keep it alive, can clean the creek @¤$;~,,,,,
,.~;^$¤@## water enough for it to be drinkable. ##@¤$^;~.,
,.~;^$¤@@# #@@¤$^;~.,
,.~;^$¤@@# which is why i'm here. #@@¤$^;~.,
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