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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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.....~=^†§          WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE.          §†^=~.....
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