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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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