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#@#§&%:~^¨ § AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE § ¨^~:%&§#@#
#@#§&%:~^¨ § WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, § ¨^~:%&§#@#
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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 ¨^~:%&§##@
§%~~~^^¨¨¨ 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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#@#§&%:~^¨ WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ¨^~:%&§#@#
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