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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. ##£#¤§*=~,
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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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