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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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