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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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