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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. @***††,¨¨¨
¨¨¨,††**@@ @@**††,¨¨¨
¨,~†*$@### THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED ###@$*†~,¨
¨,~†*$$$@@ BRICK-LIKE THINGS. FIELDS OF GRAY AND @@$$$*†~,¨
¨,~†***$@# TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND #@$***†~,¨
¨,~†*$@### HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE ###@$*†~,¨
¨¨¨¨,,†$$# LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, #$$†,,¨¨¨¨
¨,~†*$@### SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ###@$*†~,¨
¨¨¨,††$$@# DENSE FOREST. #@$$††,¨¨¨
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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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