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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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