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@@@&%$:~-. & WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, & .-~:$%&@@@
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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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