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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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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
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