##@#§*%-:¨ ¨:-%*§#@##
@@#§*%=-:¨ ¨:-=%*§#@@
#@#§*%=-:¨ ¨:-=%*§#@#
§****%=-:¨ ¨:-=%****§
@§%-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-%§@
#@#§*%=-:¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ¨:-=%*§#@#
@@#§*%=-:¨ § 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. ¨:-=%*§#@#
@§§§*%=-:¨ ¨:-=%*§§§@
@@#§*%=-:¨ ¨:-=%*§#@@
##§%===-:¨ ¨:-===%§##
#*%%--¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨--%%*#
#@#§*%=-:¨ ¨:-=%*§#@#