,,,~~;;$@@ @@$;;~~,,,
,,,,,;$$§§ §§$$;,,,,,
,,~;%$§§@@ @@§§$%;~,,
,,~;%$§### ###§$%;~,,
,,~;%$§@## ##@§$%;~,,
,,,~~%$$§# §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ #§$$%~~,,,
,,~;%$§@## § autonomous railmakers will notice § ##@§$%;~,,
,,,,~~;%%§ § 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. #§§%%~~~,,
,,~;;%%$$§ §$$%%;;~,,
,,~;%$§@## ##@§$%;~,,
,,~;;%$$§# #§$$%;;~,,
,,~;%$§@## ##@§$%;~,,
,,,~;;%§§§ §§§%;;~,,,