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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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