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@¶@*/»-,,, ALONG THE RUSTY CARGO CARS LIKE SOME ,,,-»/*@¶@
#@¶@*/»-,, SPECIES OF FERROPHAGE INSECT. UP AND ,,-»/*@¶@#
##@¶@*/»-, DOWN THE TRAIN, CHECKING BOLTS, OILING ,-»/*@¶@##
#@¶@*/»-,, JOINTS, DRINKING COFFEE, SMOKING ,,-»/*@¶@#
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#@¶@*/»-,, THE TIME, SLEEPING CLOSE TO THE ,,-»/*@¶@#
##@¶@*/»-, FURNACE, WATCHING THE AURORA BOREALIS. ,-»/*@¶@##
#@¶@*/»-,, TWENTY-SOMETHING MEMBERS OF THE CREW, ,,-»/*@¶@#
@¶@*/»-,,, MOST OF WHICH WERE MECHANICS, OR ,,,-»/*@¶@
#@¶@*/»-,, 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 ,,-»/*@¶@#
##@¶@*/»-, SERVED ME GOOD AND WELL. ,-»/*@¶@##
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@¶@*/»-,,, AND THEN ONE NIGHT, THERE'S A MISSILE. ,,,-»/*@¶@
#@¶@*/»-,, WE WOULD ROUTINELY PICK UP NEW CARS AT ,,-»/*@¶@#
##@¶@*/»-, THE TAIL, AND DROP SOME OFF, AS A WAY ,-»/*@¶@##
#@¶@*/»-,, OF EARNING SOME EXTRA MONEY. BUT A ,,-»/*@¶@#
@¶@*/»-,,, MISSILE, AND APPEARING SILENTLY IN THE ,,,-»/*@¶@
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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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##@¶@*/»-, WHEN I FALL AWAKE IN THE AFTERNOON, ,-»/*@¶@##
#@¶@*/»-,, 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 ,,-»/*@¶@#
@¶@*/»-,,, THE FREQUENCY FROM HIS NOTEBOOK, AND ,,,-»/*@¶@
#@¶@*/»-,, AFTER A WHILE THERE'S A REPLY IN ,,-»/*@¶@#
##@¶@*/»-, PAN-SLAVIC. KARL LAUGHS AND MAKES A ,-»/*@¶@##
#@¶@*/»-,, REPLY IN THE SAME LANGUAGE. EVEN THOUGH ,,-»/*@¶@#
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#@¶@*/»-,, AT ALL, BUT I HEAR THE WORD "MISSILE" A ,,-»/*@¶@#
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@¶@*/»-,,, I'M ALMOST SNOOZING AGAIN AT THE TIME ,,,-»/*@¶@
#@¶@*/»-,, KARL PUTS DOWN THE HEADPHONES AND SLAPS ,,-»/*@¶@#
##@¶@*/»-, 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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