&&%*~-.... ....-~*%&&
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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. .-~^*%&&@@
@@@&%*^~-. .-~^*%&@@@
#@&&%*^~-. .-~^*%&&@#
@&**~-.... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ....-~**&@
###@&*^~-. & 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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&**~~-.... ....-~~**&
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