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####§$*~,¨ ¤ AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE ¤ ¨,~*$§####
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#§§****~,¨ 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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###¤§$*~,¨ ¤ THERE'S FLESH INSIDE THEM. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¨,~*$§¤###
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###¤§$*~,¨ KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ¨,~*$§¤###
###¤§$*~,¨ WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. ¨,~*$§¤###
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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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