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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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#@¶&$^†=:.  the railmakers are siemens-manufactured .:=†^$&¶@#
#@¶&$^†=:. brick-like  things.  fields  of gray and .:=†^$&¶@#
@¶$$†:....     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ....:†$$¶@
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&$††=..... language.  and  here,  three   of  them, .....=††$&
&^^=:..... slowly  making  their  way  through  the .....:=^^&
@&&^^††=:.              dense forest.               .:=††^^&&@
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&&&&$^†=:. i'm  coming up on them  from behind  and .:=†^$&&&&
@¶&$$^†=:. to  the left,  hidden behind  the  thick .:=†^$$&¶@
##¶&$^†=:. foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps .:=†^$&¶##
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#@¶&$^†=:. through  the wet  air, playing  over  my .:=†^$&¶@#
#@¶&$^†=:. face and  arms, and my weapon. i quickly .:=†^$&¶@#
@&^^^==... overtake them,  crouch in the ditch made ...==^^^&@
##@¶$^†=:. by the  preprocessor, and  watch. one of .:=†^$¶@##
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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 ......=^&@
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