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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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