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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. ##&&&%=~,,
,,,,=%&### ###&%=,,,,
,,~=%&#### ####&%=~,,
,,~=%&#### ######################################## ####&%=~,,
,,~=%&#### # 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. ####&%=~,,
,,~=%&#### ####&%=~,,
,,,,,==&&# 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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