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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. ......@...
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......@.@@ 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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