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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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