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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. ......--\*
\--....... .......--\
--........ JUST AS THE LIGHT OF THE LEADING TWO IS ........--
\--....... DIMMING, I DEPLOY THE RABBITS, THROWING .......--\
*\--...... THEM IN THE PATH OF MY PREY. THE ......--\*
$*\--..... CREATURES ARE YET ALIVE, BUT MAIMED SO .....--\*$
@$*\--.... AS TO BE UNABLE TO MOVE - THEY WILL ....--\*$@
#@$*\--... STAY IN THE PATH OF THE RAILMAKER, ...--\*$@#
##@$*\--.. FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING ..--\*$@##
###@$*\--. IT FROM ITS TWO FRIENDS. .--\*$@###
##@$*\--.. ..--\*$@##
#@$*\--... ...--\*$@#
@$*\--.... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ....--\*$@
$*\--..... @ ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE MACHINES: @ .....--\*$
*\--...... @ 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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