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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. ...,«*=£#@
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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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#@@#£=*«,. ######################################## .,«*=£#@@#
#@@#£=*«,. # 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. .,«*==££@@
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@#=«,.....          which is why i'm here.          .....,«=#@
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