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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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