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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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