###@§*:=..                                          ..=:*§@###
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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.      ..=:*§@###
#@@*=.....                                          .....=*@@#
###@§*:=.. 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. ..=:*§@###
###@§*:=..                                          ..=:*§@###
@§§*=..... 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.         ..=:*§@###
###@§*:=..                                          ..=:*§@###
#@****:=..                                          ..=:****@#
@§*=...... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ......=*§@
###@§*:=.. @ 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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#@§§*::=..                                          ..=::*§§@#
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