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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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