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.:~†$%&&£@ & autonomous railmakers will notice    & @£&&%$†~:.
.:~†$%&£@# & wildlife in their path and stop,     & #@£&%$†~:.
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.:~†$%&£@@ sound  a   horn,   nudge  the  animal  a @@£&%$†~:.
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....~††$&@ although they will  log  video,  no call @&$††~....
.:~†$&£@## will   be    made   for   any    outside ##@£&$†~:.
:~†$%&£@##      assistance. this is very good.      ##@£&%$†~:
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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, &%†:......
.:~†$%&£## slowly  making  their  way  through  the ##£&%$†~:.
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.....::†%& i'm  coming up  on them  from behind and &%†::.....
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.:~†$%&£@# foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps #@£&%$†~:.
.:~†$%&£@@     between the leaves, casting rays     @@£&%$†~:.
...:::†%&& 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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....::~$&@ & there's flesh inside them. &&&&&&&&&&& @&$~::....
......~~$& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& not meat, &$~~......
.:~†$%&£@# but something  like  a liver,  that will #@£&%$†~:.
.:~†$%&£@#  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  #@£&%$†~:.
.:~†$%&£@# well away from  their  various exhausts. #@£&%$†~:.
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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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