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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 .#.....#..
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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 ......#..#
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#..#..#... 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 ....#....#
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.###...... 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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