,,,,,,,:-* *-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-*^ ^*-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-*^@ @^*-:,,,,,
,,,,:-*^@@ @@^*-:,,,,
,,,:-*^@@¶ ¶@@^*-:,,,
,,:-*^@@¶# @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #¶@@^*-:,,
,:-*^@@¶## @ 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. *-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-*^ ^*-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-*^@ @^*-:,,,,,
,,,,:-*^@@ @@^*-:,,,,
,,,:-*^@@¶ ¶@@^*-:,,,
,,:-*^@@¶# #¶@@^*-:,,