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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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