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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. ,,~=*%@###
@%*=,,,,,, ,,,,,,=*%@
####%*=~,, 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. ,,~=***%##
##@#%*=~,, ,,~=*%#@##
##@#%*=~,, ,,~=*%#@##
@%**=~,,,, ######################################## ,,,,~=**%@
##@#%*=~,, # 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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