,,,,.~*%¤# #¤%*~.,,,,
,,,,,.~*%¤ ¤%*~.,,,,,
,,,,.~*%¤# #¤%*~.,,,,
,,,.~*%¤## ##¤%*~.,,,
,,.~*%¤### ###¤%*~.,,
,.~*%¤#### ######################################## ####¤%*~.,
,,.~*%¤### # 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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,.~*%¤#### ####¤%*~.,