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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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