,,,~/%%¤## ##¤%%/~,,,
,,,,~/%%¤# #¤%%/~,,,,
,,,,,~/%%¤ ¤%%/~,,,,,
,,,,,,~/%% %%/~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/%%¤ ¤%%/~,,,,,
,,,,~/%%¤# ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ #¤%%/~,,,,
,,,~/%%¤## ¤ 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. ##¤%%/~,,,
,,,,~/%%¤# #¤%%/~,,,,
,,,,,~/%%¤ ¤%%/~,,,,,
,,,,,,~/%% %%/~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/%%¤ ¤%%/~,,,,,
,,,,~/%%¤# #¤%%/~,,,,