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.