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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. ¨¨¨~~/§§§@
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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. ¨¨¨,//%§§#
#@#§%§/~,¨ ¨,~/§%§#@#
@§§§%§/~,¨ 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. ¨,~/§%§#@@
#@#§%§/~,¨ ¨,~/§%§#@#
#@#§%§/~,¨ WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ¨,~/§%§#@#
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