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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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