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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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