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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. .~~:%@&###
###&@%:~~. .~~:%@&###
###&@%:~~. 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. ...~:%%&&#
###&@%:~~. .~~:%@&###
####@%:~~. 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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