¨,=;†@§#@#                                          #@#§@†;=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨==††§                                          §††==¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,;@§                                          §@;,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨=†@@§                                          §@@†=¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,;@#@                                          @#@;,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨=†@@#@ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ @#@@†=¨¨¨¨
¨,=;†@§### § 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.          §@@@;=¨¨¨¨
¨,=;†@@§§#                                          #§§@@†;=,¨
¨,=;†@§§§#                                          #§§§@†;=,¨
¨,=;†@§§##                                          ##§§@†;=,¨
¨,=;†@§#@#                                          #@#§@†;=,¨
¨¨¨,,=;†§@                                          @§†;=,,¨¨¨