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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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