.#.#...### ###..#.#.#
####..#..# ..#.######
...#.##.#. .###......
..###.#### #..#......
.#..##...# #.##......
##.#.#..## ######################################## ##.#......
.#####.#.. # 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. ##..#####.
......##.. .#.#....##
.....#.#.# ####...#.#
....###### ...#..####
...#.....# ..##.#...#
..##....#. .#.###..##