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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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨.»*&
###&$*/».¨ slowly  making  their  way  through  the ¨.»/*$&###
###&$*/».¨              dense forest.               ¨.»/*$&###
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#$*»»¨¨¨¨¨ i'm coming  up  on them from  behind and ¨¨¨¨¨»»*$#
##&&$*/».¨ to the  left,  hidden  behind  the thick ¨.»/*$&&##
###&$*/».¨ foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps ¨.»/*$&###
###&$*/».¨     between the leaves, casting rays     ¨.»/*$&###
###&$*/».¨ through the  wet air,  playing  over  my ¨.»/*$&###
###&$*/».¨ face and arms, and my  weapon. i quickly ¨.»/*$&###
####$*/».¨ overtake them, crouch in the  ditch made ¨.»/*$####
###&$*/».¨ by the  preprocessor, and watch.  one of ¨.»/*$&###
#&$//».¨¨¨ them  is  already   a   bit  behind  the ¨¨¨.»//$&#
#&$*//».¨¨ others.    it   will   be   my   target. ¨¨.»//*$&#
###&$*/».¨                                          ¨.»/*$&###
####&*/».¨ 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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