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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. ,,,~=§%##@
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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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