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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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