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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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