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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.         ,:=*%%$$@#
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@$*=,,,,,, §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ,,,,,,=*$@
##@§$%*=:, § another thing about the machines:    § ,:=*%$§@##
##@§$%*=:, § there's flesh inside them. §§§§§§§§§§§ ,:=*%$§@##
§%=,,,,,,, §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ not meat, ,,,,,,,=%§
##@§$%*=:, but  something like  a liver, that  will ,:=*%$§@##
##@§$%*=:,  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ,:=*%$§@##
##@§$%*=:, well  away from  their various exhausts. ,:=*%$§@##
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##@§$%*=:, a  liver that, as long as you manage  to ,:=*%$§@##
§%=:,,,,,, keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek ,,,,,,:=%§
#@§§$%*=:, water enough  for  it  to be  drinkable. ,:=*%$§§@#
§$$%%**=:,                                          ,:=**%%$$§
##@§$%*=:,          which is why i'm here.          ,:=*%$§@##
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