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###§§=~.¨¨ § autonomous railmakers will notice § ¨¨.~=§§###
####§§=~.¨ § wildlife in their path and stop, § ¨.~=§§####
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##§§=~.¨¨¨ 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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