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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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