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..~-\§%### # AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE    # ###%§\-~..
.~-\§%#### # WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP,     # ####%§\-~.
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...~-\§%## 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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