,,,,,,~†*# #*†~,,,,,,
,,~†**#@## ##@#**†~,,
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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. ##@#**†~,,
,,~†**#@## ##@#**†~,,
,,~†**#@## ##@#**†~,,
,,~†**#### ######################################## ####**†~,,
,,,,,,~~*# # 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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