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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 ¨¨,,^^^§§¶
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##¶#§^^=,¨ 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. ########### ¨,=^^§#¶##
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¶###§^^=,¨ BUT SOMETHING LIKE A LIVER, THAT WILL ¨,=^^§###¶
¶¶§^^=¨¨¨¨ KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ¨¨¨¨=^^§¶¶
###¶#^^=,¨ WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. ¨,=^^#¶###
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##§^^^^=,¨ 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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