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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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¶¶¶@$*†~..          which is why i'm here.          ..~†*$@¶¶¶
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