,,:-;*%¤@@ @@¤%*;-:,,
,:-;*%¤@@# #@@¤%*;-:,
,,:-;*%¤@@ @@¤%*;-:,,
,,,:-;*%¤@ @¤%*;-:,,,
,,,,:-;*%¤ ¤%*;-:,,,,
,,,:-;*%¤@ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ @¤%*;-:,,,
,,:-;*%¤@@ ¤ 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. @@¤%*;-:,,
,,,:-;*%¤@ @¤%*;-:,,,
,,,,:-;*%¤ ¤%*;-:,,,,
,,,:-;*%¤@ @¤%*;-:,,,
,,:-;*%¤@@ @@¤%*;-:,,
,:-;*%¤@@# #@@¤%*;-:,