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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 ¨¨¨~~††££#
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#@#§£†\~^¨          WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE.          ¨^~\†£§#@#
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