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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. ¨,=†*¤##@#
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####¤*†=,¨ 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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