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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. ,~~*%@@###
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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. ,~~**%@@##
##@@%**~~, ,~~**%@@##
#@%%***~~, 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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