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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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