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,,,,,**££# §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ #££**,,,,,
,,,~~~~$§# § AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE § #§$~~~~,,,
,,~*$£§### § WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, § ###§£$*~,,
,,,,~~**$§ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §$**~~,,,,
,,,~~*$$§# SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A #§$$*~~,,,
,,~*$£§### LITTLE, BUT ULTIMATELY WAIT IT OUT. ###§£$*~,,
,,,,,,*$$§ ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LOG VIDEO, NO CALL §$$*,,,,,,
,,~*$£§### WILL BE MADE FOR ANY OUTSIDE ###§£$*~,,
,,,,,~$££§ ASSISTANCE. THIS IS VERY GOOD. §££$~,,,,,
,,,,,,,*£§ §£*,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~*£§ THE RAILMAKERS ARE SIEMENS-MANUFACTURED §£*~,,,,,,
,,~*$£§### BRICK-LIKE THINGS. FIELDS OF GRAY AND ###§£$*~,,
,,~*$£§### TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND ###§£$*~,,
,,,,,~~$§# HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE #§$~~,,,,,
,,,,~$$£## LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, ##£$$~,,,,
,,~*$£§### SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ###§£$*~,,
,,~*$£§### DENSE FOREST. ###§£$*~,,
,,~*$£§### ###§£$*~,,
,,~*$£§### I'M COMING UP ON THEM FROM BEHIND AND ###§£$*~,,
,,,,,**$$§ TO THE LEFT, HIDDEN BEHIND THE THICK §$$**,,,,,
,,~*$£§### FOLIAGE. THEIR LIGHT FINDS THE GAPS ###§£$*~,,
,,~*$£§### BETWEEN THE LEAVES, CASTING RAYS ###§£$*~,,
,,~*$£§### THROUGH THE WET AIR, PLAYING OVER MY ###§£$*~,,
,,~*$£§### FACE AND ARMS, AND MY WEAPON. I QUICKLY ###§£$*~,,
,,~*$§#### OVERTAKE THEM, CROUCH IN THE DITCH MADE ####§$*~,,
,,,,,,,~$§ BY THE PREPROCESSOR, AND WATCH. ONE OF §$~,,,,,,,
,,~*$£§### THEM IS ALREADY A BIT BEHIND THE ###§£$*~,,
,,,,~*$§## OTHERS. IT WILL BE MY TARGET. ##§$*~,,,,
,,,,,,,*$§ §$*,,,,,,,
,,~*$£§### JUST AS THE LIGHT OF THE LEADING TWO IS ###§£$*~,,
,,~*$£§§§# DIMMING, I DEPLOY THE RABBITS, THROWING #§§§£$*~,,
,,,,,~$§## THEM IN THE PATH OF MY PREY. THE ##§$~,,,,,
,,~*$£§### CREATURES ARE YET ALIVE, BUT MAIMED SO ###§£$*~,,
,,,,,,*£§# 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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