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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. ¨¨¨¨¨.^%##
#@@#%^^~.¨ ¨.~^^%#@@#
##%^^~¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨.^^%%%#
##%^^~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~^^%##
#@@#%^^~.¨ 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. ¨.~^^%#@@#
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@@@#%^^~.¨ WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ¨.~^^%#@@@
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