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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. ¤¤¤**»^^..
..^»»»»*¤¤ ¤¤*»»»»^..
.^»;*¤¤¶@# #@¶¤¤*;»^.
.^»;*¤¤¶@# ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ #@¶¤¤*;»^.
.^»;*¤¤¶¶¶ ¤ 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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