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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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