,.~/$%¤@@#                                          #@@¤%$/~.,
,.~/$%¤@@@                                          @@@¤%$/~.,
,,,,,,./%¤                                          ¤%/.,,,,,,
,.~/$%¤@@#                                          #@@¤%$/~.,
,,,,.~//$¤                                          ¤$//~.,,,,
,.~/$%¤@@# ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ #@@¤%$/~.,
,.~/$%¤@@# ¤ autonomous railmakers will notice    ¤ #@@¤%$/~.,
,.~/$%¤@@# ¤ wildlife in their path and stop,     ¤ #@@¤%$/~.,
,.~/$%%¤@@ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ @@¤%%$/~.,
,.~/$%¤@@# sound  a   horn,  nudge  the   animal  a #@@¤%$/~.,
,,,,~/%%@@ 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 ¤%%/~,,,,,
,,,./$%%@@ water  enough for it  to  be  drinkable. @@%%$/.,,,
,.~/%¤@@##                                          ##@@¤%/~.,
,.~/$%¤@@#          which is why i'm here.          #@@¤%$/~.,
,.~/$%¤@@#                                          #@@¤%$/~.,
,.~/$%¤@##                                          ##@¤%$/~.,
,,,..~/$¤@                                          @¤$/~..,,,
,.~/$%¤@@@                                          @@@¤%$/~.,
,,,,,.~$$¤                                          ¤$$~.,,,,,