,^-=%$#@##                                          ##@#$%=-^,
,^^---==$@                                          @$==---^^,
,^-=%$####                                          ####$%=-^,
,,^-==%$##                                          ##$%==-^,,
,^-=%$#@@@                                          @@@#$%=-^,
,^-=%$#@## ######################################## ##@#$%=-^,
,^-=%$#@## # autonomous railmakers will notice    # ##@#$%=-^,
,,,,,^=$## # wildlife in their path and stop,     # ##$=^,,,,,
,,,,,,-=$@ ######################################## @$=-,,,,,,
,^-=%$#@## sound  a  horn,  nudge   the  animal   a ##@#$%=-^,
,^-=%$#@## little,  but  ultimately  wait  it  out. ##@#$%=-^,
,,,,--%$$@ although they will  log  video, no  call @$$%--,,,,
,,,,,^-%%# 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. ##%===^,,,
,^-%$#@###                                          ###@#$%-^,
,^-====%$#          which is why i'm here.          #$%====-^,
,^-=%%%$##                                          ##$%%%=-^,
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