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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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