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,##,#,,,,# # autonomous railmakers will notice    # ####,,###,
#,###,,,#, # wildlife in their path and stop,     # ,,,#,#,,#,
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,#,##,#,#, 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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