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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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