,,,~†*£@@# #@@£*†~,,,
,,~†*£@@## ##@@£*†~,,
,,,~†*£@@# #@@£*†~,,,
,,,,~†*£@@ @@£*†~,,,,
,,,,,~†*£@ @£*†~,,,,,
,,,,,,~†*£ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ £*†~,,,,,,
,,,,,~†*£@ @ 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. #@@£*†~,,,
,,~†*£@@## ##@@£*†~,,
,,,~†*£@@# #@@£*†~,,,
,,,,~†*£@@ @@£*†~,,,,
,,,,,~†*£@ @£*†~,,,,,
,,,,,,~†*£ £*†~,,,,,,