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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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