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§$†~¨¨¨¨¨¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†$§
¶$**~~.¨¨¨ § AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE    § ¨¨¨.~~**$¶
§*~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ § WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP,     § ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~*§
¶$†††....¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ¨....†††$¶
¶¶§$†~..¨¨ SOUND   A  HORN,  NUDGE   THE  ANIMAL  A ¨¨..~†$§¶¶
###¶§$*†~. LITTLE,  BUT  ULTIMATELY  WAIT  IT  OUT. .~†*$§¶###
##¶§$*†~.¨ ALTHOUGH THEY  WILL LOG VIDEO,  NO  CALL ¨.~†*$§¶##
¶$$$$*†~.¨ WILL    BE   MADE   FOR    ANY   OUTSIDE ¨.~†*$$$$¶
###§$*†~.¨      ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD.      ¨.~†*$§###
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§§§*~..¨¨¨ THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED  ¨¨¨..~*§§§
##¶§$*†~.¨ BRICK-LIKE THINGS.  FIELDS OF  GRAY  AND ¨.~†*$§¶##
##¶§$*†~.¨     TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND     ¨.~†*$§¶##
##¶§$*†~.¨ HISSING. TRILLING TO  EACH  OTHER,  LIKE ¨.~†*$§¶##
¶§$$**†~.¨ 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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