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#¨#¨¨#¨##¨ # autonomous railmakers will notice # ¨#¨#¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ # wildlife in their path and stop, # ¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨
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#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ 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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