##@§%%†~^. .^~†%%§@##
§%††~..... .....~††%§
##@§%%†~^. .^~†%%§@##
§§%%%†~~^. .^~~†%%%§§
§%†^...... ......^†%§
##@§%%†~^. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ .^~†%%§@##
##@§%%†~^. § 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. .^~†%%§§@#
@@§%%%†~^. .^~†%%%§@@
@%%%%~.... ....~%%%%@
##@§%%†~^. .^~†%%§@##
##@§%%†~^. .^~†%%§@##
##@§%%†~^. .^~†%%§@##