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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 ¨,,,,~%###
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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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