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###§%%\».¨ § AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE § ¨.»\%%§###
###§%%\».¨ § WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, § ¨.»\%%§###
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§§%%».¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨..»\%§
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###§%%\».¨ 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 ¨.»\%%§###
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###§%%\».¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨»\%§§
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###§%%\».¨ § ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE MACHINES: § ¨.»\%%§###
###§%%\».¨ § THERE'S FLESH INSIDE THEM. §§§§§§§§§§§ ¨.»\%%§###
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#%\»»..¨¨¨ 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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