@#$*†«-,,,                                          ,,,-«†*$#@
#@#$*†«-,,                                          ,,-«†*$#@#
##@#$*†«-,                                          ,-«†*$#@##
#@#$*†«-,,                                          ,,-«†*$#@#
@#$*†«-,,,                                          ,,,-«†*$#@
#$*†«-,,,, ######################################## ,,,,-«†*$#
$*†«-,,,,, # autonomous railmakers will notice    # ,,,,,-«†*$
#$*†«-,,,, # wildlife in their path and stop,     # ,,,,-«†*$#
@#$*†«-,,, ######################################## ,,,-«†*$#@
#@#$*†«-,, sound  a   horn,   nudge  the  animal  a ,,-«†*$#@#
##@#$*†«-, little,  but  ultimately  wait  it  out. ,-«†*$#@##
#@#$*†«-,, although they  will log  video, no  call ,,-«†*$#@#
@#$*†«-,,, will   be   made    for    any   outside ,,,-«†*$#@
#$*†«-,,,,      assistance. this is very good.      ,,,,-«†*$#
$*†«-,,,,,                                          ,,,,,-«†*$
#$*†«-,,,,  the railmakers are siemens-manufactured ,,,,-«†*$#
@#$*†«-,,, brick-like  things.  fields of gray  and ,,,-«†*$#@
#@#$*†«-,,     teal, floodlights, thrumming and     ,,-«†*$#@#
##@#$*†«-, hissing.  trilling  to  each other, like ,-«†*$#@##
#@#$*†«-,, language.  and  here,  three  of   them, ,,-«†*$#@#
@#$*†«-,,, slowly  making  their  way  through  the ,,,-«†*$#@
#$*†«-,,,,              dense forest.               ,,,,-«†*$#
$*†«-,,,,,                                          ,,,,,-«†*$
#$*†«-,,,, i'm coming up  on them  from  behind and ,,,,-«†*$#
@#$*†«-,,, to  the  left,  hidden  behind the thick ,,,-«†*$#@
#@#$*†«-,, foliage.  their  light  finds  the  gaps ,,-«†*$#@#
##@#$*†«-,     between the leaves, casting rays     ,-«†*$#@##
#@#$*†«-,, through the  wet  air,  playing  over my ,,-«†*$#@#
@#$*†«-,,, face and arms, and  my weapon. i quickly ,,,-«†*$#@
#$*†«-,,,, overtake them, crouch in the ditch  made ,,,,-«†*$#
$*†«-,,,,, by the preprocessor,  and  watch. one of ,,,,,-«†*$
#$*†«-,,,, them  is  already  a   bit  behind   the ,,,,-«†*$#
@#$*†«-,,, others.   it   will    be   my   target. ,,,-«†*$#@
#@#$*†«-,,                                          ,,-«†*$#@#
##@#$*†«-, just  as the light of the leading two is ,-«†*$#@##
#@#$*†«-,, dimming, i  deploy the rabbits, throwing ,,-«†*$#@#
@#$*†«-,,, them  in  the  path  of  my   prey.  the ,,,-«†*$#@
#$*†«-,,,, creatures are  yet alive,  but maimed so ,,,,-«†*$#
$*†«-,,,,, as to  be unable  to  move -  they  will ,,,,,-«†*$
#$*†«-,,,, stay  in  the  path  of  the  railmaker, ,,,,-«†*$#
@#$*†«-,,, forcing it  to pause, further separating ,,,-«†*$#@
#@#$*†«-,,         it from its two friends.         ,,-«†*$#@#
##@#$*†«-,                                          ,-«†*$#@##
#@#$*†«-,,                                          ,,-«†*$#@#
@#$*†«-,,, ######################################## ,,,-«†*$#@
#$*†«-,,,, # another thing about the machines:    # ,,,,-«†*$#
$*†«-,,,,, # there's flesh inside them. ########### ,,,,,-«†*$
#$*†«-,,,, ############################## not meat, ,,,,-«†*$#
@#$*†«-,,, but  something  like a liver,  that will ,,,-«†*$#@
#@#$*†«-,,  keep the railmakers internal chemistry  ,,-«†*$#@#
##@#$*†«-, well away from  their various  exhausts. ,-«†*$#@##
#@#$*†«-,,                                          ,,-«†*$#@#
@#$*†«-,,, a liver that, as long  as  you manage to ,,,-«†*$#@
#$*†«-,,,, keep  it  alive,  can  clean  the  creek ,,,,-«†*$#
$*†«-,,,,, water enough for  it  to  be  drinkable. ,,,,,-«†*$
#$*†«-,,,,                                          ,,,,-«†*$#
@#$*†«-,,,          which is why i'm here.          ,,,-«†*$#@
#@#$*†«-,,                                          ,,-«†*$#@#
##@#$*†«-,                                          ,-«†*$#@##
#@#$*†«-,,                                          ,,-«†*$#@#
@#$*†«-,,,                                          ,,,-«†*$#@
#$*†«-,,,,                                          ,,,,-«†*$#