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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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###¶#@*^-~ 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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