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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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