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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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