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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 #*****:=,,
,,=:*$#£@# TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND #@£#$*:=,,
,,,==**$## HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE ##$**==,,,
,,=:*$#£## LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, ##£#$*:=,,
,,=:*$#£@# SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE #@£#$*:=,,
,,,,,:::$# DENSE FOREST. #$:::,,,,,
,,=:*$#£@# #@£#$*:=,,
,,,,,,=*#£ 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 @#*=,,,,,,
,,=:*$#@## OTHERS. IT WILL BE MY TARGET. ##@#$*:=,,
,,=:*$#£@# #@£#$*:=,,
,,,===***# 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. #*:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=*#££ ££#*=,,,,,
,,===:$$££ A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO ££$$:===,,
,,,,=:*$#£ KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK £#$*:=,,,,
,,,,,:$$$£ WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. £$$$:,,,,,
,,,,,=:**# #**:=,,,,,
,,,,,=*### WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ###*=,,,,,
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