,,~/%%§### ###§%%/~,,
,,~/%%§### ###§%%/~,,
,,~/%%§### ###§%%/~,,
,,~/%%§### ###§%%/~,,
,,~/%%§### ###§%%/~,,
,,~/%%§### §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ###§%%/~,,
,,,~///%## § 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. ###§%%/~,,
,,,,,~/%§# #§%/~,,,,,
,,,,,/%%## ##%%/,,,,,
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,,,,,,~%%§ §%%~,,,,,,
,,,,///%§# #§%///,,,,