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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. ###¤=\~^,,
,,,^~\=¤## ##¤=\~^,,,
,,,,^~\=¤# 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. ####¤=\~^,
,,^~\=¤### ###¤=\~^,,
,,,^~\=¤## 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. #¤=\~^,,,,
,,,^~\=¤## ##¤=\~^,,,
,,^~\=¤### ###¤=\~^,,
,^~\=¤#### ######################################## ####¤=\~^,
,,^~\=¤### # 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. ##¤=\~^,,,
,,^~\=¤### ###¤=\~^,,
,^~\=¤#### which is why i'm here. ####¤=\~^,
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