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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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¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨