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###&$==~:¨ & AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE & ¨:~==$##
###&$==~:¨ & WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, & ¨:~==$##
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&&==:::¨¨¨ 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 ¨:::~~==
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#&==:¨¨¨¨¨ 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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&$==~~~¨¨¨ JUST AS THE LIGHT OF THE LEADING TWO IS ¨¨¨~~~==$&
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#$=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEM IN THE PATH OF MY PREY. THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=$#
#&===~¨¨¨¨ 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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##$$$==~:¨ BUT SOMETHING LIKE A LIVER, THAT WILL ¨:~==$$$##
###&$==~:¨ KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ¨:~==$##
###&$==~:¨ WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. ¨:~==$##
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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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