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¨.«=%&¤@## ¤ autonomous railmakers will notice ¤ ##@¤&%=«.¨
¨.«=%&¤@## ¤ wildlife in their path and stop, ¤ ##@¤&%=«.¨
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¨.«=%&¤### 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 ##@¤&%=«.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨««%&@ 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. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ @&%«¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.«=%&¤@## 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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