.~~~~~**&@ @&**~~~~~.
.~~**@## ##@#&**~~.
.~~**@## ##@#&**~~.
.~~**### ####&**~~.
.......~*# #*~.......
.~~**#@### ######################################## ###@#**~~.
.~~~***@ # 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. ##@#&**~~.
.~~**### ####&**~~.
..~~~**### ###**~~~..
.~~**@## ##@#&**~~.
.~~*@### ###@#&*~~.
.~~**@## ##@#&**~~.