¨.-^*§&¶## ##¶&§*^-.¨
¨¨¨¨-*§&¶¶ ¶¶&§*-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨..--*& &*--..¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.-^^§& &§^^-.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.--*§&¶ ¶&§*--.¨¨¨
¨.-^***&¶¶ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ¶¶&***^-.¨
¨.-^*§&¶## & 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. ¶§*^--..¨¨
¨.-^*§&¶## ##¶&§*^-.¨
¨¨¨¨--^§¶¶ ¶¶§^--¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.--^§& &§^--.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨..^*& &*^..¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-**& &**-¨¨¨¨¨¨