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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 ¨¨--†%%¤#@
#@#¤%%†--¨ 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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