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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. @%%==,,,,,
,,==†%#@## ##@#%†==,,
,,==†%#@## 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. #%%=,,,,,,
,,,,,,=%## ##%=,,,,,,
,,,,,=†%@# 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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