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###¤¤$^«,¨ ¤ WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, ¤ ¨,«^$¤¤###
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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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###¤¤$^«,¨ DIMMING, I DEPLOY THE RABBITS, THROWING ¨,«^$¤¤###
#¤$««««¨¨¨ THEM IN THE PATH OF MY PREY. THE ¨¨¨««««$¤#
###¤¤$^«,¨ CREATURES ARE YET ALIVE, BUT MAIMED SO ¨,«^$¤¤###
###¤¤$^«,¨ AS TO BE UNABLE TO MOVE - THEY WILL ¨,«^$¤¤###
###¤¤$^«,¨ STAY IN THE PATH OF THE RAILMAKER, ¨,«^$¤¤###
#¤¤$«,¨¨¨¨ FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING ¨¨¨¨,«$¤¤#
###¤¤$^«,¨ IT FROM ITS TWO FRIENDS. ¨,«^$¤¤###
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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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¤$«,,¨¨¨¨¨ KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK ¨¨¨¨¨,,«$¤
###¤¤$^«,¨ WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ¨,«^$¤¤###
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###¤¤$^«,¨ WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ¨,«^$¤¤###
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