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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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##@#&^/«^¨ 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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