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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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