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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 .~«†%%%¤¤@
@#$%†~~... OTHERS.   IT   WILL    BE   MY   TARGET. ...~~†%$#@
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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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