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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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