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###§%*†~-¨ § autonomous railmakers will notice § ¨-~†*%§###
##§%*†~-¨¨ § wildlife in their path and stop, § ¨¨-~†*%§##
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#§%*†~-¨¨¨ 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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