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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     ,§,,§,§,§,
§,§§,§,§,§               CIGARETTES.                ,§,§§,§,§,
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§,§§,§,§,§      @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@      ,§,§§,§,§,
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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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§,§§,§,§,§      @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@      ,§,§§,§,§,
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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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