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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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¶$=====«,¨ A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO ¨,«=====$¶
#@¶&$==«,¨ KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK ¨,«==$&¶@#
&$==,¨¨¨¨¨ WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ¨¨¨¨¨,==$&
&$===,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,===$&
&$====,,,¨ WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ¨,,,====$&
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