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#@@§%%^~.¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ¨.~^%%§@@#
#@@§%%^~.¨ § AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE § ¨.~^%%§@@#
#@@§%%^~.¨ § WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, § ¨.~^%%§@@#
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@@@§%%^~.¨ 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. ¨.~^%%§§§@
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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. ¨.~^%%§@@#
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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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