,,,,,,~^*¤ ¤*^~,,,,,,
,,,,,~***¤ ¤***~,,,,,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ¤ AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE ¤ ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^***$@# ¤ WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, ¤ #@$***^~^,
,,,,,~*$¤# ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ #¤$*~,,,,,
,^~^*$¤@## SOUND A HORN, NUDGE THE ANIMAL A ##@¤$*^~^,
,,,,^^~^*¤ 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 #¤$$**^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$@### A LIVER THAT, AS LONG AS YOU MANAGE TO ###@$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## KEEP IT ALIVE, CAN CLEAN THE CREEK ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^$¤@### WATER ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE DRINKABLE. ###@¤$^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,,,,,,^^$¤ ¤$^^,,,,,,
,,,,,^^$@# #@$^^,,,,,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,,^^~*$$@@ @@$$*~^^,,