¨¨¨§§¨§¨§§                                          §¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §§§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§§§ § 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. ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ 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.         ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ § 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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¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§