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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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##$%;=,... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ...,=;%$##
###$%;=,.. & another thing about the machines:    & ..,=;%$###
####$%;=,. & there's flesh inside them. &&&&&&&&&&& .,=;%$####
###$%;=,.. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& not meat, ..,=;%$###
##$%;=,... but something like a  liver,  that  will ...,=;%$##
#$%;=,....  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ....,=;%$#
$%;=,..... well away from  their various  exhausts. .....,=;%$
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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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