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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 ......,-;^
$^;-,..... CREATURES ARE YET ALIVE, BUT MAIMED SO .....,-;^$
#$^;-,.... AS TO BE UNABLE TO MOVE - THEY WILL ....,-;^$#
@#$^;-,... STAY IN THE PATH OF THE RAILMAKER, ...,-;^$#@
#@#$^;-,.. FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING ..,-;^$#@#
##@#$^;-,. IT FROM ITS TWO FRIENDS. .,-;^$#@##
#@#$^;-,.. ..,-;^$#@#
@#$^;-,... ...,-;^$#@
#$^;-,.... ######################################## ....,-;^$#
$^;-,..... # ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE MACHINES: # .....,-;^$
^;-,...... # 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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