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###&$=;~,¨ & AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE & ¨,~;=$&###
##¶&$=;~,¨ & WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, & ¨,~;=$&¶##
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¶¶&$=;;~,¨ SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A ¨,~;;=$&¶¶
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##¶&$=;~,¨ ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. ¨,~;=$&¶##
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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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