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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. ###*%†=-..
.-=†%*#### ####*%†=-.
-=†%*##### 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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