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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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