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,,,,~*^$## ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### ######################################## ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## # AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE # ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### # WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, # ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### ######################################## ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## LITTLE, BUT ULTIMATELY WAIT IT OUT. ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LOG VIDEO, NO CALL ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### WILL BE MADE FOR ANY OUTSIDE ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### BRICK-LIKE THINGS. FIELDS OF GRAY AND ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### DENSE FOREST. ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### I'M COMING UP ON THEM FROM BEHIND AND ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### TO THE LEFT, HIDDEN BEHIND THE THICK ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### FOLIAGE. THEIR LIGHT FINDS THE GAPS ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## BETWEEN THE LEAVES, CASTING RAYS ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### THROUGH THE WET AIR, PLAYING OVER MY ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### FACE AND ARMS, AND MY WEAPON. I QUICKLY ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### OVERTAKE THEM, CROUCH IN THE DITCH MADE ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## BY THE PREPROCESSOR, AND WATCH. ONE OF ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### THEM IS ALREADY A BIT BEHIND THE ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### OTHERS. IT WILL BE MY TARGET. ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## JUST AS THE LIGHT OF THE LEADING TWO IS ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### DIMMING, I DEPLOY THE RABBITS, THROWING ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### THEM IN THE PATH OF MY PREY. THE ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### CREATURES ARE YET ALIVE, BUT MAIMED SO ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## AS TO BE UNABLE TO MOVE - THEY WILL ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### STAY IN THE PATH OF THE RAILMAKER, ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### IT FROM ITS TWO FRIENDS. ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### ######################################## ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### # ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE MACHINES: # ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## # THERE'S FLESH INSIDE THEM. ########### ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### ############################## NOT MEAT, ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### BUT SOMETHING LIKE A LIVER, THAT WILL ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO ####$^*~,,
,,,~*^$### KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK ###$^*~,,,
,,,,~*^$## WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ##$^*~,,,,
,,,~*^$### ###$^*~,,,
,,~*^$#### WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ####$^*~,,
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