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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. .~~~~~\†@§
@§@†\\\=~. .~=\\\†@§@
##§††=.... 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. .~=\†@@§##
@#@\~~~~~. .~~~~~\@#@
#@@@†=.... 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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