,,:«\*&&##                                          ##&&*\«:,,
,:«\*&&###                                          ###&&*\«:,
,,:«\*&&##                                          ##&&*\«:,,
,,,:«\*&&#                                          #&&*\«:,,,
,,:«\*&&##                                          ##&&*\«:,,
,:«\*&&### &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ###&&*\«:,
,,:«\*&&## & 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.          ##&&*\«:,,
,:«\*&&###                                          ###&&*\«:,
,,:«\*&&##                                          ##&&*\«:,,
,,,:«\*&&#                                          #&&*\«:,,,
,,:«\*&&##                                          ##&&*\«:,,
,:«\*&&###                                          ###&&*\«:,