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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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