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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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