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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. ¨¨¨¨~~~~%§
##@§§%\~,¨ ¨,~\%§§@##
@§§%~¨¨¨¨¨ 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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