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,.=†$£#@## # autonomous railmakers will notice    # ##@#£$†=.,
,.=†††$$£@ # wildlife in their path and stop,     # @£$$†††=.,
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,.=†$£#@@@ sound   a   horn,  nudge  the  animal  a @@@#£$†=.,
,.=†$£#@## little,  but  ultimately  wait  it  out. ##@#£$†=.,
,,,,,.†££# 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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