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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. ,~~:*%&#@@
#@#&%*:~~, ,~~:*%&#@#
&%*:~~~~,, 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. ,~~:*%&@##
##@#&%:~~, ,~~:%&#@##
##@&%*:~~, 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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