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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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