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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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