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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. .-~*%£@@@#
#@@@£%*~-. .-~*%£@@@#
@@£*--.... 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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