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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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