,,,,,:«\*& &*\«:,,,,,
,,,,:«\*&¤ ¤&*\«:,,,,
,,,:«\*&¤@ @¤&*\«:,,,
,,:«\*&¤@# #@¤&*\«:,,
,:«\*&¤@## ##@¤&*\«:,
,,:«\*&¤@# ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ #@¤&*\«:,,
,,,:«\*&¤@ ¤ 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. &*\«:,,,,,
,,,,,,:«\* *\«:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«\ \«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:«\* *\«:,,,,,,
,,,,,:«\*& &*\«:,,,,,
,,,,:«\*&¤ ¤&*\«:,,,,