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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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