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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. .....=†=@¤
@=†=...... ......=†=@
=†=....... 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. .......=†=
†=........ ........=†
=......... 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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