,.«^$&¤@@@ @@@¤&$^«.,
,...^$&&&@ @&&&$^...,
,.«$&¤@### ###@¤&$«.,
,,,,..^$$¤ ¤$$^..,,,,
,.«^$&¤@@@ @@@¤&$^«.,
,,,..^^$¤# ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ #¤$^^..,,,
,.«^$&¤@## ¤ autonomous railmakers will notice ¤ ##@¤&$^«.,
,.«^$&¤@## ¤ wildlife in their path and stop, ¤ ##@¤&$^«.,
,,,,.«^&&@ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ @&&^«.,,,,
,.«^$&¤@## sound a horn, nudge the animal a ##@¤&$^«.,
,,,,,,.^&@ 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. ###@¤&^«.,
,.«^$&¤@@# #@@¤&$^«.,
,.«^$&¤@@@ which is why i'm here. @@@¤&$^«.,
,,,,,,«$$¤ ¤$$«,,,,,,
,.«^$&¤@## ##@¤&$^«.,
,.«^$&¤@## ##@¤&$^«.,
,.«^$&¤@## ##@¤&$^«.,
,.^$&¤@### ###@¤&$^.,