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,&,,,&,,,& ORANGE-CLAD TRAIN-CLIMBER CREW, MOVING ,,,&,,&,&&
&&&,,&&,,& 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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&,,,&,,,&, WE WERE GOING SOUTH THROUGH FINLAND AT &&,&&,&,&,
&&,,&&,,&& 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 ,,&&&&,&&&
&,&,&,&,,, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AT THAT? NOT &,&,,,&&,,
&&&&&&&&,, ENTIRELY... COMFORTABLE. &&&&,,&,&,
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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 ,,&,&,&,&&
&&,,,&,,&& CALL?" ,,&&&&&&&,
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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 &,&&&,&&,&
&&,&,,&&&& WE BOTH HAVE HEADPHONES I CAN'T FOLLOW &&&,,&&,&&
,,&&&,&,,, AT ALL, BUT I HEAR THE WORD "MISSILE" A &,,&,&,&&,
,,&,,&&&,, FEW TIMES. ,&,&&&&&,&
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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 &,,,&&,,,,
,&&,&&,,,, DETOUR?" &&,,&,&,,,
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