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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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