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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. ~-,,,,,,,,
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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. ##£&§††~-,
,,-~††§&£# #£&§††~-,,
,,,-~††§&£ £&§††~-,,,
,,,,-~††§& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &§††~-,,,,
,,,,,-~††§ & 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. &§††~-,,,,
,,,-~††§&£ £&§††~-,,,
,,-~††§&£# which is why i'm here. #£&§††~-,,
,-~††§&£## ##£&§††~-,
,,-~††§&£# #£&§††~-,,
,,,-~††§&£ £&§††~-,,,
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