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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. ,.~=*@@#@#
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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. ,,,,,.~*@#
##@***=~., ,.~=***@##
#@#@@*=~., which is why i'm here. ,.~=*@@#@#
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