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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. ##¶#@%^-.,
,.-^%@#¶## ##¶#@%^-.,
,.-^%@#¶## 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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