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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
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