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###@*$*=,. @ AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE @ .,=*$*@###
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#*$=====,. SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A .,=====$*#
###@*$*=,. LITTLE, BUT ULTIMATELY WAIT IT OUT. .,=*$*@###
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@$==...... WILL BE MADE FOR ANY OUTSIDE ......==$@
###@*$*=,. ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. .,=*$*@###
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@$=,...... THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED ......,=$@
@@***,.... BRICK-LIKE THINGS. FIELDS OF GRAY AND ....,***@@
###@*$*=,. TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND .,=*$*@###
###@*$*=,. HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE .,=*$*@###
@$=....... LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, .......=$@
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###@*$*=,. DENSE FOREST. .,=*$*@###
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##@**$*=,. THEM IS ALREADY A BIT BEHIND THE .,=*$**@##
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###@*$*=,. STAY IN THE PATH OF THE RAILMAKER, .,=*$*@###
@$$=,,.... FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING ....,,=$$@
###@*$*=,. IT FROM ITS TWO FRIENDS. .,=*$*@###
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@@***$*=,. @ THERE'S FLESH INSIDE THEM. @@@@@@@@@@@ .,=*$***@@
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###@*$*=,. BUT SOMETHING LIKE A LIVER, THAT WILL .,=*$*@###
#***,,.... KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ....,,***#
###@*$*=,. WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. .,=*$*@###
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@**=,..... A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO .....,=**@
#@$===,,.. KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK ..,,===$@#
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