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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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