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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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