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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 ...~~~~%%¤
##@¤$%=~~. WILL BE MADE FOR ANY OUTSIDE .~~=%$¤@##
@¤¤¤$%=~~. ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. .~~=%$¤¤¤@
@¤¤¤$%=~~. .~~=%$¤¤¤@
##@¤$%=~~. THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED .~~=%$¤@##
##@¤$%=~~. BRICK-LIKE THINGS. FIELDS OF GRAY AND .~~=%$¤@##
###@¤$%=~. TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND .~=%$¤@###
#@$=~~.... HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE ....~~=$@#
¤¤¤$$%=~~. LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, .~~=%$$¤¤¤
##@¤$%=~~. SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE .~~=%$¤@##
#¤$=~~~... DENSE FOREST. ...~~~=$¤#
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##@¤$%=~~. I'M COMING UP ON THEM FROM BEHIND AND .~~=%$¤@##
¤¤¤%=~~~~. TO THE LEFT, HIDDEN BEHIND THE THICK .~~~~=%¤¤¤
#¤¤$=~~... FOLIAGE. THEIR LIGHT FINDS THE GAPS ...~~=$¤¤#
¤%~~...... BETWEEN THE LEAVES, CASTING RAYS ......~~%¤
###@¤$%=~~ THROUGH THE WET AIR, PLAYING OVER MY ~~=%$¤@###
@¤$=~..... FACE AND ARMS, AND MY WEAPON. I QUICKLY .....~=$¤@
@$$$=~.... OVERTAKE THEM, CROUCH IN THE DITCH MADE ....~=$$$@
##@¤$%=~~. BY THE PREPROCESSOR, AND WATCH. ONE OF .~~=%$¤@##
¤$=~~~~... THEM IS ALREADY A BIT BEHIND THE ...~~~~=$¤
@@¤¤$%=~~. OTHERS. IT WILL BE MY TARGET. .~~=%$¤¤@@
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##@¤$%=~~. JUST AS THE LIGHT OF THE LEADING TWO IS .~~=%$¤@##
@@$$$%=~~. DIMMING, I DEPLOY THE RABBITS, THROWING .~~=%$$$@@
##@¤$%=~~. THEM IN THE PATH OF MY PREY. THE .~~=%$¤@##
##@¤$%=~~. CREATURES ARE YET ALIVE, BUT MAIMED SO .~~=%$¤@##
###@$%=~~. AS TO BE UNABLE TO MOVE - THEY WILL .~~=%$@###
#¤%%=~.... 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, ...~~~=%¤#
¤$====~~.. BUT SOMETHING LIKE A LIVER, THAT WILL ..~~====$¤
##@¤$%=~~. KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY .~~=%$¤@##
##@¤$%=~~. WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. .~~=%$¤@##
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@$%%%%=~~. A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO .~~=%%%%$@
##@¤$%=~~. KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK .~~=%$¤@##
#¤%=~~.... WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ....~~=%¤#
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¤¤$$%%=~~. WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. .~~=%%$$¤¤
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