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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 ¨¨,«:%*§##
###§*%:«,¨ 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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