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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. .....:=†§%
§†=:...... ......:=†§
†=:....... 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 ..:=†§%§##
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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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##§%§†=:.. § 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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