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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.               ....~««*@@
##@*/«~...                                          ...~«/*@##
#@#@$*/«~. I'M COMING UP  ON  THEM FROM  BEHIND AND .~«/*$@#@#
###@$*/«~. TO  THE LEFT,  HIDDEN  BEHIND THE  THICK .~«/*$@###
#@#@$*/«~. FOLIAGE.  THEIR  LIGHT  FINDS  THE  GAPS .~«/*$@#@#
#@#@$*/«~.     BETWEEN THE LEAVES, CASTING RAYS     .~«/*$@#@#
###@$*/«~. THROUGH  THE WET  AIR,  PLAYING  OVER MY .~«/*$@###
#@#@$*/«~. FACE AND ARMS, AND MY WEAPON. I  QUICKLY .~«/*$@#@#
#@#@$*/«~. OVERTAKE THEM, CROUCH IN  THE DITCH MADE .~«/*$@#@#
#@@@$*/«~. BY THE PREPROCESSOR, AND  WATCH.  ONE OF .~«/*$@@@#
@**////«~. 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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