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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.              §==****«~,
,~«*=@§@##                                          ##@§@=*«~,
,~«*=§@### 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.         §@*~~~,,,,
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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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