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¨¨~~:%*§£# § autonomous railmakers will notice    § #£§*%:~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~:%*§£ § wildlife in their path and stop,     § £§*%:~~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨~~:%*§ little,  but  ultimately  wait  it  out. §*%:~~¨¨¨¨
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¨¨~~:%*§£# 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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