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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.         ##@§@=\~^¨
¨¨¨¨~===§@                                          @§===~¨¨¨¨
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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. #@@§@=\~^¨
¨^~\=@@§§@                                          @§§@@=\~^¨
¨¨¨¨^~\@§§          which is why i'm here.          §§@\~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~\=§                                          §=\~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~\=@§@@@                                          @@@§@=\~^¨
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