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##***^;~:¨ # AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE # ¨:~;^***##
@#*;::¨¨¨¨ # WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, # ¨¨¨¨::;*#@
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#@@#*^;~:¨ 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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