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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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