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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. #§**:=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=:**§##                                          ##§**:=,¨¨
¨,=:**§### 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. **:=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=:**§                                          §**:=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=:**§#          which is why i'm here.          #§**:=,¨¨¨
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