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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. ¨^«\§*@###
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###@*§\«^¨ 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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