#@#¤@%:=^. .^=:%@¤#@#
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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. .^=:%@¤#@#
#@#¤@%:=^. .^=:%@¤#@#
¤%::==^... ...^==::%¤
@¤%:=..... .....=:%¤@
@#@%=..... .....=%@#@
#@@::^.... ....^::@@#