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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.      ¨####¨#¨¨#
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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.               ¨#¨##¨¨¨¨¨
##¨¨¨###¨¨                                          ¨###¨#¨¨¨¨
#¨#¨¨#¨¨#¨ 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. ¨###¨¨¨###
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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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