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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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