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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. #**:«.....
.-«:**##@# #@##**:«-.
.-«:**##@# 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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