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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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