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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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