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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.      ##¶§&†=«~.
.~«===†§§¶                                          ¶§§†===«~.
.~«=†&§¶##  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. ¶§§§&†=«~.
.~«=†&§¶##                                          ##¶§&†=«~.
.~«=†&§¶## 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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