¨,-;$$¤### ###¤$$;-,¨
¨,-;$$¤#@# #@#¤$$;-,¨
¨,--;;$$¤¤ ¤¤$$;;--,¨
¨,-;$$¤#@# #@#¤$$;-,¨
¨,-;$$¤#@# #@#¤$$;-,¨
¨¨¨¨,,-$¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤$-,,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-$$$$¤ ¤ autonomous railmakers will notice ¤ ¤$$$$-,¨¨¨
¨,-;$$¤#@# ¤ 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. ¤¤¤$$$;-,¨
¨,-;$$¤#@# #@#¤$$;-,¨
¨,-;$$¤#@# #@#¤$$;-,¨
¨,-;$$¤#@# #@#¤$$;-,¨
¨,-;$$¤### ###¤$$;-,¨
¨,-;$$¤#@# #@#¤$$;-,¨