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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. ¨,-\*§¤@##
##@¤§*\-,¨ ¨,-\*§¤@##
@¤*-¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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