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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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.-=†=$§@##  the railmakers are siemens-manufactured ##@§$=†=-.
.-=†=$@### brick-like things. fields  of  gray  and ###@$=†=-.
.....==$§@     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     @§$==.....
.-=†=$§@## hissing. trilling  to  each other,  like ##@§$=†=-.
.-=†=$§@## language.  and  here,  three   of  them, ##@§$=†=-.
.-=†=$§@## slowly  making  their  way  through  the ##@§$=†=-.
.-=†=$$$§#               dense forest.              #§$$$=†=-.
.-=†=$§@##                                          ##@§$=†=-.
.-=†=$$$§@ i'm coming up  on  them from  behind and @§$$$=†=-.
.-=†=$§@## to the left,  hidden  behind  the  thick ##@§$=†=-.
.....-†$$@ foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps @$$†-.....
.-=†=$§@@@     between the leaves, casting rays     @@@§$=†=-.
....-†==§@ 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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....---==§ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §==---....
.-=†=$§@## § another thing about the machines:    § ##@§$=†=-.
.-===††$§§ § there's flesh inside them. §§§§§§§§§§§ §§$††===-.
.-=†=$§@## §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ not meat, ##@§$=†=-.
.-=†=$$§@# but something  like  a  liver, that will #@§$$=†=-.
...-=†=$@#  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  #@$=†=-...
.-=†=$§@## well away from their  various  exhausts. ##@§$=†=-.
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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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