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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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