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¨~=:$%¤### ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨~~=:%¤# ¤ AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE ¤ #¤%:=~~¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤### ¤ WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, ¤ ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~:%# ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ #%:~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤### SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨=$$$%¤ LITTLE, BUT ULTIMATELY WAIT IT OUT. ¤%$$$=¨¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤### ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LOG VIDEO, NO CALL ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### WILL BE MADE FOR ANY OUTSIDE ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### BRICK-LIKE THINGS. FIELDS OF GRAY AND ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%%%¤¤ TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND ¤¤%%%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨~~:$%# DENSE FOREST. #%$:~~¨¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### I'M COMING UP ON THEM FROM BEHIND AND ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### TO THE LEFT, HIDDEN BEHIND THE THICK ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨¨=:$%# FOLIAGE. THEIR LIGHT FINDS THE GAPS #%$:=¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨==:%%¤# BETWEEN THE LEAVES, CASTING RAYS #¤%%:==¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤### THROUGH THE WET AIR, PLAYING OVER MY ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### FACE AND ARMS, AND MY WEAPON. I QUICKLY ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨¨=$¤¤¤ OVERTAKE THEM, CROUCH IN THE DITCH MADE ¤¤¤$=¨¨¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤¤¤# BY THE PREPROCESSOR, AND WATCH. ONE OF #¤¤¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### THEM IS ALREADY A BIT BEHIND THE ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$$$$¤# OTHERS. IT WILL BE MY TARGET. #¤$$$$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### JUST AS THE LIGHT OF THE LEADING TWO IS ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### DIMMING, I DEPLOY THE RABBITS, THROWING ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~::%¤ THEM IN THE PATH OF MY PREY. THE ¤%::~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤¤## CREATURES ARE YET ALIVE, BUT MAIMED SO ##¤¤%$:=~¨
¨~=::$$$%# AS TO BE UNABLE TO MOVE - THEY WILL #%$$$::=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### STAY IN THE PATH OF THE RAILMAKER, ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨~~:%¤# FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING #¤%:~~¨¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤### IT FROM ITS TWO FRIENDS. ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨~~:%¤# #¤%:~~¨¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤### ###¤%$:=~¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨=:%# ¤ ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE MACHINES: ¤ #%:=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤### ¤ THERE'S FLESH INSIDE THEM. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ NOT MEAT, ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### BUT SOMETHING LIKE A LIVER, THAT WILL ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤¤## KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ##¤¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤¤¤# WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. #¤¤¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨==:$¤# A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO #¤$:==¨¨¨¨
¨~=:$%¤### KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK ###¤%$:=~¨
¨~=:$%¤### WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ###¤%$:=~¨
¨¨¨¨¨=$¤## ##¤$=¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨~~=$$¤## WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ##¤$$=~~¨¨
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