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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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,,-†%&£###          which is why i'm here.          ###£&%†-,,
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