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..@..@.... @ autonomous railmakers will notice @ ..@@@..@..
...@..@... @ wildlife in their path and stop, @ ..@.@@..@.
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@....@..@. 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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