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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. .......:«;
«:........ ........:«
:......... 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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