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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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