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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.\%@
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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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