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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. #@%^~,....
...,~^%@#£ £#@%^~,...
..,~^%@#£# 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. %^~,......
.......,~^ ^~,.......
......,~^% %^~,......
.....,~^%@ ######################################## @%^~,.....
....,~^%@# # 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. £#@%^~,...
....,~^%@# #@%^~,....
.....,~^%@ 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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