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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. ¨,-\*%@###
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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. ¨,-\*%#@##
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####%*\-,¨          which is why i'm here.          ¨,-\*%####
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