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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. ....,^§§§@
##@§$§^~,. ALTHOUGH  THEY  WILL LOG VIDEO, NO  CALL .,~^§$§@##
##@§$§^~,. WILL    BE   MADE   FOR    ANY   OUTSIDE .,~^§$§@##
###§$§^~,.      ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD.      .,~^§$§###
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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 ....,~~§§§
@§§§$§^~,. LANGUAGE.  AND   HERE,  THREE  OF  THEM, .,~^§$§§§@
§§$$$§^~,. SLOWLY  MAKING  THEIR  WAY  THROUGH  THE .,~^§$$$§§
##@§$§^~,.               DENSE FOREST.              .,~^§$§@##
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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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