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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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