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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. .,-†^^^¤¤@
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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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