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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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