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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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