,,,^^^*%#@ @#%*^^^,,,
,^»*†%¤#@@ @@#¤%†*»^,
,^»*†††¤¤# #¤¤†††*»^,
,^»*†%¤@## ##@¤%†*»^,
,,,,,»†%%¤ ¤%%†»,,,,,
,^»*†††††¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤†††††*»^,
,^»*†%¤#@# ¤ 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. #@#¤%†*»^,
,^»*†%¤#@# #@#¤%†*»^,
,,,,^*†¤¤@ @¤¤†*^,,,,
,^»*††%%#@ @#%%††*»^,
,,^^»»*†¤@ @¤†*»»^^,,
,,,,^**%¤¤ ¤¤%**^,,,,