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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. @£§*%†~-,,
,-~†%*§£@#                                          #@£§*%†~-,
,,-~†%*§£@          which is why i'm here.          @£§*%†~-,,
,,,-~†%*§£                                          £§*%†~-,,,
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