,,~:*%@###                                          ###@%*:~,,
,,,,,~:%§§                                          §§%:~,,,,,
,,,,,~*%@#                                          #@%*~,,,,,
,,,~::**%@                                          @%**::~,,,
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,,~:*%§@## §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ##@§%*:~,,
,,~:*%§@## § 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.         #§%:~~~~,,
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,,~:*%§@@# §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ #@@§%*:~,,
,,,,,,~:%§ § 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. #§%:~~,,,,
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,,~:*%§@##          which is why i'm here.          ##@§%*:~,,
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