,,,,,,,/%& &%/,,,,,,,
,,,»»»//&& &&//»»»,,,
,,,,,,/%&& &&%/,,,,,,
,,»/%&&### ###&&%/»,,
,,,,,,/&&# #&&/,,,,,,
,,»/%&&### &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ###&&%/»,,
,,,»»%%&&# & 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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