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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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