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