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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. ¨,=†^%¤@##
#@¤%^†=,¨¨ ¨¨,=†^%¤@#
@¤%^†=,¨¨¨ 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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