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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. ¨,«**¤@£##
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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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