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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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