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@@@#$$=«,¨ # AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE # ¨,«=$$#@@@
@@@#$$=«,¨ # WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, # ¨,«=$$#@@@
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@@$=«¨¨¨¨¨ SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A ¨¨¨¨¨«=$@@
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#@@#$$=«,¨ ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LOG VIDEO, NO CALL ¨,«=$$#@@#
##@#$$=«,¨ WILL BE MADE FOR ANY OUTSIDE ¨,«=$$#@##
@@#$$$=«,¨ ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. ¨,«=$$$#@@
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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: # ¨,«=$$#@@#
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@@$=««,¨¨¨ KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ¨¨¨,««=$@@
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#@@#$$=«,¨ 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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