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§@@:=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=:@@§
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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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