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,,~^***¤## ##¤***^~,,
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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. ##¤¤*^~,,,
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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. ####¤*^~,,
,,,,,,,^*# #*^,,,,,,,
,,~^*##### 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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