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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 ¨.~:*%&###
###&%*:~.¨ 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. ¨.~:*%&&&&
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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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