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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. ##@%%\=~..
.~=\%%@### ###@%%\=~.
..~=\%%@## 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. %\=~......
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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. %%\=~.....
......~=\% %\=~......
.......~=\ WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. \=~.......
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