¨,==%@#@@# #@@#@%==,¨
¨¨,==%@#@@ @@#@%==,¨¨
¨¨¨,==%@#@ @#@%==,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,==%@# #@%==,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,==%@ @%==,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,==% ######################################## %==,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,==%@ # 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. @%==,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,==%@# #@%==,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,==%@#@ @#@%==,¨¨¨
¨¨,==%@#@@ @@#@%==,¨¨
¨,==%@#@@# #@@#@%==,¨
¨¨,==%@#@@ @@#@%==,¨¨