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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. @@@@§^;«:.
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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. ¶§^««:....
.:«;^§@¶@#                                          #@¶@§^;«:.
.:«;^^^§@@ 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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