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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨,~*%%@@##
#@@%%*~,¨¨ ¨¨,~*%%@@#
@@%%*~,¨¨¨ 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. ¨,~*%%@@##
#@@%%*~,¨¨ ¨¨,~*%%@@#
@@%%*~,¨¨¨ A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO ¨¨¨,~*%%@@
@%%*~,¨¨¨¨ KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK ¨¨¨¨,~*%%@
%%*~,¨¨¨¨¨ WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ¨¨¨¨¨,~*%%
%*~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~*%
*~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~*
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