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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. .~~^*@§#@@
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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. ....~^@@§#
§§**~~.... ....~~**§§
#@#§@*^~~. 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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