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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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