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@@$$:~^¨¨¨ @ autonomous railmakers will notice @ ¨¨¨^~:$$@@
@@@$$:~^¨¨ @ wildlife in their path and stop, @ ¨¨^~:$$@@@
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@@@$$:~^¨¨ sound a horn, nudge the animal a ¨¨^~:$$@@@
@@$$:~^¨¨¨ little, but ultimately wait it out. ¨¨¨^~:$$@@
@$$:~^¨¨¨¨ although they will log video, no call ¨¨¨¨^~:$$@
@@$$:~^¨¨¨ will be made for any outside ¨¨¨^~:$$@@
@@@$$:~^¨¨ assistance. this is very good. ¨¨^~:$$@@@
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@@@$$:~^¨¨ the railmakers are siemens-manufactured ¨¨^~:$$@@@
@@$$:~^¨¨¨ brick-like things. fields of gray and ¨¨¨^~:$$@@
@$$:~^¨¨¨¨ teal, floodlights, thrumming and ¨¨¨¨^~:$$@
@@$$:~^¨¨¨ hissing. trilling to each other, like ¨¨¨^~:$$@@
@@@$$:~^¨¨ language. and here, three of them, ¨¨^~:$$@@@
#@@@$$:~^¨ slowly making their way through the ¨^~:$$@@@#
@@@$$:~^¨¨ dense forest. ¨¨^~:$$@@@
@@$$:~^¨¨¨ ¨¨¨^~:$$@@
@$$:~^¨¨¨¨ i'm coming up on them from behind and ¨¨¨¨^~:$$@
@@$$:~^¨¨¨ to the left, hidden behind the thick ¨¨¨^~:$$@@
@@@$$:~^¨¨ foliage. their light finds the gaps ¨¨^~:$$@@@
#@@@$$:~^¨ between the leaves, casting rays ¨^~:$$@@@#
@@@$$:~^¨¨ through the wet air, playing over my ¨¨^~:$$@@@
@@$$:~^¨¨¨ face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ¨¨¨^~:$$@@
@$$:~^¨¨¨¨ overtake them, crouch in the ditch made ¨¨¨¨^~:$$@
@@$$:~^¨¨¨ by the preprocessor, and watch. one of ¨¨¨^~:$$@@
@@@$$:~^¨¨ them is already a bit behind the ¨¨^~:$$@@@
#@@@$$:~^¨ others. it will be my target. ¨^~:$$@@@#
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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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