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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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