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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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,,,.=^$¤## # another thing about the machines: # ##¤$^=.,,,
,,.=^$¤### # there's flesh inside them. ########### ###¤$^=.,,
,.=^$¤#### ############################## not meat, ####¤$^=.,
,,.=^$¤### but something like a liver, that will ###¤$^=.,,
,,,.=^$¤## keep the railmakers internal chemistry ##¤$^=.,,,
,,.=^$¤### well away from their various exhausts. ###¤$^=.,,
,.=^$¤#### ####¤$^=.,
,,.=^$¤### a liver that, as long as you manage to ###¤$^=.,,
,,,.=^$¤## keep it alive, can clean the creek ##¤$^=.,,,
,,.=^$¤### water enough for it to be drinkable. ###¤$^=.,,
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,,.=^$¤### which is why i'm here. ###¤$^=.,,
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