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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. ###§@*\~..
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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. #§@*~.....
..~\*@§### ###§@*\~..
..~\*@@@§§ 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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