,,-/*%#@@# #@@#%*/-,,
,,,-/*%#@@ @@#%*/-,,,
,,,,-/*%#@ @#%*/-,,,,
,,,,,-/*%# #%*/-,,,,,
,,,,,,-/*% %*/-,,,,,,
,,,,,-/*%# ######################################## #%*/-,,,,,
,,,,-/*%#@ # 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. #@@#%*/-,,
,,,-/*%#@@ @@#%*/-,,,
,,,,-/*%#@ @#%*/-,,,,
,,,,,-/*%# #%*/-,,,,,
,,,,,,-/*% %*/-,,,,,,
,,,,,-/*%# #%*/-,,,,,