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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. .,~:=@@###
###@@=:~,. .,~:=@@###
###@@=:~,. 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. ...,,::@@@
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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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