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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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