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##@§%$\~^, § AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE § ,^~\$%§@##
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##@§%$\~^, 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 ,,,,,,^~$§
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##@§%$\~^, 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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##@§%$\~^, § THERE'S FLESH INSIDE THEM. §§§§§§§§§§§ ,^~\$%§@##
##@§%$\~^, §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ NOT MEAT, ,^~\$%§@##
##@§%$\~^, BUT SOMETHING LIKE A LIVER, THAT WILL ,^~\$%§@##
##@§%$\~^, KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ,^~\$%§@##
#§$$\\\~^, WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. ,^~\\\$$§#
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§§$~~^,,,, A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO ,,,,^~~$§§
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##@§%$\~^, WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ,^~\$%§@##
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