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,:~;†%&¶## ##¶&%†;~:,
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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. #¶&%%†;~:,
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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. ¶&†††;;~:,
,:~;†%&¶## ##¶&%†;~:,
,:~;†%&¶## WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ##¶&%†;~:,
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