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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. ##$*=«:...
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.....:«=*$ 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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