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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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#@#@§$/~^¨ the railmakers are siemens-manufactured  ¨^~/$§@#@#
@@#@§$/~^¨ brick-like  things.  fields of  gray and ¨^~/$§@#@@
@@§§$/~¨¨¨     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ¨¨¨~/$§§@@
#@@$/~¨¨¨¨ hissing.  trilling to each  other,  like ¨¨¨¨~/$@@#
@@@$~~^¨¨¨ language.  and  here,  three   of  them, ¨¨¨^~~$@@@
#@#@§$/~^¨ slowly  making  their  way  through  the ¨^~/$§@#@#
#@#@§$/~^¨              dense forest.               ¨^~/$§@#@#
#@#@§$/~^¨                                          ¨^~/$§@#@#
#@#@§$/~^¨ i'm  coming  up on them from behind  and ¨^~/$§@#@#
@@$//^¨¨¨¨ to  the  left,  hidden behind the  thick ¨¨¨¨^//$@@
#§$$~¨¨¨¨¨ foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps ¨¨¨¨¨~$$§#
@@#@§$/~^¨     between the leaves, casting rays     ¨^~/$§@#@@
@§//~^^¨¨¨ 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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#§§////~^¨ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ¨^~////§§#
###@§$/~^¨ @ another thing about the machines:    @ ¨^~/$§@###
#@#@§$/~^¨ @ there's flesh inside them. @@@@@@@@@@@ ¨^~/$§@#@#
@#@@§$/~^¨ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ not meat, ¨^~/$§@@#@
@$$~^¨¨¨¨¨ but  something  like a  liver, that will ¨¨¨¨¨^~$$@
###@§$/~^¨  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ¨^~/$§@###
#@#@§$/~^¨ well  away from  their various exhausts. ¨^~/$§@#@#
#@#@§$/~^¨                                          ¨^~/$§@#@#
##@#§$/~^¨ a liver  that, as long as  you manage to ¨^~/$§#@##
#@#@§$/~^¨ keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek ¨^~/$§@#@#
@§$~^¨¨¨¨¨ water  enough  for it to  be  drinkable. ¨¨¨¨¨^~$§@
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#@#@§$/~^¨          which is why i'm here.          ¨^~/$§@#@#
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