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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. #§^^~-....
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....-†^###          which is why i'm here.          ###^†-....
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