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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. .#.#.#.#.#
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.##..#.#.#          which is why i'm here.          .#.#.#.#.#
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