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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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