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@#$;~..... ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ .....~;$#@
#@#¤$*;~~. ¤ AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE ¤ .~~;*$¤#@#
@¤$;;;;~~. ¤ WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, ¤ .~~;;;;$¤@
#¤$$;~~~~. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ .~~~~;$$¤#
###¤$*;~~. SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A .~~;*$¤###
#@#¤$*;~~. LITTLE, BUT ULTIMATELY WAIT IT OUT. .~~;*$¤#@#
@@#¤$*;~~. ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LOG VIDEO, NO CALL .~~;*$¤#@@
#@#¤$*;~~. WILL BE MADE FOR ANY OUTSIDE .~~;*$¤#@#
#@#¤$*;~~. ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. .~~;*$¤#@#
@#¤¤$*;~~. .~~;*$¤¤#@
#@#¤$*;~~. THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED .~~;*$¤#@#
@@#¤$*;~~. BRICK-LIKE THINGS. FIELDS OF GRAY AND .~~;*$¤#@@
@@#¤$*;~~. TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND .~~;*$¤#@@
¤¤$*~~.... HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE ....~~*$¤¤
#$*;~..... LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, .....~;*$#
¤¤*;;~.... 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 .....~**¤#
@#¤$$*;~~. BY THE PREPROCESSOR, AND WATCH. ONE OF .~~;*$$¤#@
@@#¤$*;~~. THEM IS ALREADY A BIT BEHIND THE .~~;*$¤#@@
#@#¤$*;~~. OTHERS. IT WILL BE MY TARGET. .~~;*$¤#@#
##@#¤*;~~. .~~;*¤#@##
@#$;~..... JUST AS THE LIGHT OF THE LEADING TWO IS .....~;$#@
#@#¤$*;~~. DIMMING, I DEPLOY THE RABBITS, THROWING .~~;*$¤#@#
#@#¤$*;~~. THEM IN THE PATH OF MY PREY. THE .~~;*$¤#@#
##¤$;~.... CREATURES ARE YET ALIVE, BUT MAIMED SO ....~;$¤##
##@¤$*;~~. AS TO BE UNABLE TO MOVE - THEY WILL .~~;*$¤@##
#@#¤$*;~~. STAY IN THE PATH OF THE RAILMAKER, .~~;*$¤#@#
#$**~~~~~. FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING .~~~~~**$#
###¤$*;~~. IT FROM ITS TWO FRIENDS. .~~;*$¤###
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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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¤¤$$$*;~~. A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO .~~;*$$$¤¤
#@#¤$*;~~. KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK .~~;*$¤#@#
@#¤$*~~... WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ...~~*$¤#@
##@#¤*;~~. .~~;*¤#@##
¤¤**;;~... WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ...~;;**¤¤
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