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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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