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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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