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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. #@@***†=.¨
¨.=†*$@@## although they will log video, no call ##@@$*†=.¨
¨.=†*$$@@@ will be made for any outside @@@$$*†=.¨
¨¨¨¨=†$@@@ assistance. this is very good. @@@$†=¨¨¨¨
¨.=†*$@@## ##@@$*†=.¨
¨¨¨¨..†$$@ the railmakers are siemens-manufactured @$$†..¨¨¨¨
¨.=†$@@### brick-like things. fields of gray and ###@@$†=.¨
¨.=†$@@### teal, floodlights, thrumming and ###@@$†=.¨
¨.=†*$@@## hissing. trilling to each other, like ##@@$*†=.¨
¨.=†*$@@## language. and here, three of them, ##@@$*†=.¨
¨¨¨..==*$@ slowly making their way through the @$*==..¨¨¨
¨¨..=†**$@ dense forest. @$**†=..¨¨
¨.=†*@@### ###@@*†=.¨
¨¨¨¨¨=*$$@ i'm coming up on them from behind and @$$*=¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.=†$@ to the left, hidden behind the thick @$†=.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.†$@ foliage. their light finds the gaps @$†.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.=†*$@@## between the leaves, casting rays ##@@$*†=.¨
¨.=†*$$$@# through the wet air, playing over my #@$$$*†=.¨
¨.=†*$@@## face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ##@@$*†=.¨
¨¨¨¨¨=††$@ overtake them, crouch in the ditch made @$††=¨¨¨¨¨
¨.=†*$@@## by the preprocessor, and watch. one of ##@@$*†=.¨
¨.=†*$@@## them is already a bit behind the ##@@$*†=.¨
¨¨¨..=*$@# others. it will be my target. #@$*=..¨¨¨
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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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