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#@#&%=/«:¨ & autonomous railmakers will notice & ¨:«/=%&#@#
##&%=//«:¨ & wildlife in their path and stop, & ¨:«//=%&##
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#@#&%=/«:¨ sound a horn, nudge the animal a ¨:«/=%&#@#
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#%//:¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:/%&
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###&%=/«:¨ face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ¨:«/=%&###
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#@#&%=/«:¨ them is already a bit behind the ¨:«/=%&#@#
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&&==///«:¨ as to be unable to move - they will ¨:«///==&&
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&&&%%=/«:¨ forcing it to pause, further separating ¨:«/=%%&&&
&&&%%=/«:¨ it from its two friends. ¨:«/=%%&&&
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##@#&%=«:¨ & there's flesh inside them. &&&&&&&&&&& ¨:«=%&#@##
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###&%=/«:¨ keep the railmakers internal chemistry ¨:«/=%&###
#@#&%=/«:¨ well away from their various exhausts. ¨:«/=%&#@#
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