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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. ####%*\~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~*# #*~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~*%##### 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. ####%*\~~¨
¨~~\*%#### ####%*\~~¨
¨~~\*%#### 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. #%\~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~\*%#### ####%*\~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~\%## ##%\~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~\\*%## ######################################## ##%*\\~¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~\\*%# # 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. #%\~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~~\*# #*\~~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~**## which is why i'm here. ##**~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~\\%# #%\\~¨¨¨¨¨
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