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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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