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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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