,,,.-/$&## ##&$/-.,,,
,,.-/$&##@ @##&$/-.,,
,.-/$&##@# #@##&$/-.,
,,.-/$&##@ @##&$/-.,,
,,,.-/$&## ##&$/-.,,,
,,,,.-/$&# ######################################## #&$/-.,,,,
,,,,,.-/$& # autonomous railmakers will notice # &$/-.,,,,,
,,,,.-/$&# # wildlife in their path and stop, # #&$/-.,,,,
,,,.-/$&## ######################################## ##&$/-.,,,
,,.-/$&##@ sound a horn, nudge the animal a @##&$/-.,,
,.-/$&##@# little, but ultimately wait it out. #@##&$/-.,
,,.-/$&##@ although they will log video, no call @##&$/-.,,
,,,.-/$&## will be made for any outside ##&$/-.,,,
,,,,.-/$&# assistance. this is very good. #&$/-.,,,,
,,,,,.-/$& &$/-.,,,,,
,,,,.-/$&# the railmakers are siemens-manufactured #&$/-.,,,,
,,,.-/$&## brick-like things. fields of gray and ##&$/-.,,,
,,.-/$&##@ teal, floodlights, thrumming and @##&$/-.,,
,.-/$&##@# hissing. trilling to each other, like #@##&$/-.,
,,.-/$&##@ language. and here, three of them, @##&$/-.,,
,,,.-/$&## slowly making their way through the ##&$/-.,,,
,,,,.-/$&# dense forest. #&$/-.,,,,
,,,,,.-/$& &$/-.,,,,,
,,,,.-/$&# i'm coming up on them from behind and #&$/-.,,,,
,,,.-/$&## to the left, hidden behind the thick ##&$/-.,,,
,,.-/$&##@ foliage. their light finds the gaps @##&$/-.,,
,.-/$&##@# between the leaves, casting rays #@##&$/-.,
,,.-/$&##@ through the wet air, playing over my @##&$/-.,,
,,,.-/$&## face and arms, and my weapon. i quickly ##&$/-.,,,
,,,,.-/$&# overtake them, crouch in the ditch made #&$/-.,,,,
,,,,,.-/$& by the preprocessor, and watch. one of &$/-.,,,,,
,,,,.-/$&# them is already a bit behind the #&$/-.,,,,
,,,.-/$&## others. it will be my target. ##&$/-.,,,
,,.-/$&##@ @##&$/-.,,
,.-/$&##@# just as the light of the leading two is #@##&$/-.,
,,.-/$&##@ dimming, i deploy the rabbits, throwing @##&$/-.,,
,,,.-/$&## them in the path of my prey. the ##&$/-.,,,
,,,,.-/$&# creatures are yet alive, but maimed so #&$/-.,,,,
,,,,,.-/$& as to be unable to move - they will &$/-.,,,,,
,,,,.-/$&# stay in the path of the railmaker, #&$/-.,,,,
,,,.-/$&## forcing it to pause, further separating ##&$/-.,,,
,,.-/$&##@ it from its two friends. @##&$/-.,,
,.-/$&##@# #@##&$/-.,
,,.-/$&##@ @##&$/-.,,
,,,.-/$&## ######################################## ##&$/-.,,,
,,,,.-/$&# # another thing about the machines: # #&$/-.,,,,
,,,,,.-/$& # there's flesh inside them. ########### &$/-.,,,,,
,,,,.-/$&# ############################## not meat, #&$/-.,,,,
,,,.-/$&## but something like a liver, that will ##&$/-.,,,
,,.-/$&##@ keep the railmakers internal chemistry @##&$/-.,,
,.-/$&##@# well away from their various exhausts. #@##&$/-.,
,,.-/$&##@ @##&$/-.,,
,,,.-/$&## a liver that, as long as you manage to ##&$/-.,,,
,,,,.-/$&# keep it alive, can clean the creek #&$/-.,,,,
,,,,,.-/$& water enough for it to be drinkable. &$/-.,,,,,
,,,,.-/$&# #&$/-.,,,,
,,,.-/$&## which is why i'm here. ##&$/-.,,,
,,.-/$&##@ @##&$/-.,,
,.-/$&##@# #@##&$/-.,
,,.-/$&##@ @##&$/-.,,
,,,.-/$&## ##&$/-.,,,
,,,,.-/$&# #&$/-.,,,,