¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†^ ^†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-†^¤ ¤^†-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-†^¤@ @¤^†-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-†^¤@# #@¤^†-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-†^¤@## ##@¤^†-,¨¨
¨,-†^¤@### @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ###@¤^†-,¨
¨¨,-†^¤@## @ 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. @¤^†-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-†^¤ ¤^†-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†^ ^†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-† †-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†^ ^†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-†^¤ ¤^†-,¨¨¨¨¨