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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 ##%==^,,,,
,^==$%§### HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE ###§%$==^,
,^==$%§### LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, ###§%$==^,
,^==$%§### SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ###§%$==^,
,^==$%§### DENSE FOREST. ###§%$==^,
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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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