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#,,,##,##, LOADERS,  WITH  LARGE  AND  HAIRY  HANDS ,#,##,#,#,
#,,#,##,#, THAT  COULD SWALLOW  MY ENTIRE BODY. AND ###,######
#,###,###, ME  FEATURING  AS THE CUTE  AND  ASOCIAL ,,##,,,,,,
##,,##,,## RADIO OPERATOR,  STATIONED  IN THE  BACK ,#,#,,,,,#
,#,#,#,#,#    OF THE KILOMETER-LONG TRAIN, WHICH    ####,,,,#,
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,,,,,,#,#, THE TAIL, AND DROP SOME  OFF, AS  A  WAY ,,,,#,#,,#
,,,,,####, OF  EARNING  SOME  EXTRA  MONEY.  BUT  A ,,,####,##
,,,,#,,,## MISSILE, AND  APPEARING SILENTLY IN  THE ,,#,,,##,#
,,,##,,#,# MIDDLE   OF  THE   NIGHT  AT  THAT?  NOT ,##,,#,###
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#,,,,#,### I CALL IT  IN  ON THE WALKIE-TALKIE. NOT ,,,#,###,#
#,,,###,,, MANY  OTHERS  AWAKE,  THEY  KNOW NOTHING ,,###,,##,
#,,#,,#,,, ABOUT IT, AND APPEAR  CONCERNED AS WELL. ,#,,#,#,##
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##,#,,,,,, KARL  IS  THERE,  SMILING  AT  ME.  "HEY ,,#,##,###
,###,,,,,, BOY," HE  SAYS, "WANNA  HELP ME  MAKE  A ,###,##,,,
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##,#,,,,,# AFTER HE'S  BROUGHT  ME  COFFEE,  I DIAL ####,,#,#,
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#,##,,#,,# PAN-SLAVIC.  KARL  LAUGHS  AND  MAKES  A ,#,,#,,,#,
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##,,,,##,# ME  ON  MY BACK.  "ALLRIGHT  BOY. I JUST ###,,#,,,,
,#,,,#,##, SOLD A  MISSILE."  HE  PRACTICALLY BEAMS ,,#,##,,,#
##,,###,#, AT ME, TEETH FILED SHARP. "WANNA  MAKE A ,###,#,,##
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