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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 ¨:-;*%##@#
#*;:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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