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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. ¨:«\**&&&#
#@#&**\«:¨ ¨:«\**&#@#
#&**\:::¨¨ 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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