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§¨§¨§§§¨¨§ the   train   is    a   dashing    arrow §§§§§¨§¨¨¨
§§§§¨¨§¨§§ over              the               sea. ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
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§§¨§§§¨¨¨§ look   closer   -   it's   not    water. §§§¨§¨¨§§¨
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§¨§¨§§¨§¨§ #     »    ;    ¨     ¨     ;     »    # ¨§¨¨§§§§¨§
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¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨ the lowland which was once  the  midriff ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§§§ of  sweden.  the  salt  flats  span  for §¨¨§¨§§§¨§
¨§§§§¨§¨¨¨ hundreds of miles.  from  a narrow  line §¨§§§¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ of hills  the  train lowers  itself onto §§¨¨§¨§¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ the crystals  and shoots  north,  like a ¨§¨§§§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§§¨¨¨ syringe       into       a       baloon. §§§¨¨¨§§§§
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¨§§¨§§§¨§§ #   »    ,    ¨   ¨   ¨   ¨    ,   »   # ¨§§¨§§¨¨¨§
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ they call  it  the  "mandelbrot crater", §¨§¨§¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. §§§§§¨§¨¨¨
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§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§ #      $       ,       ,       $       # ¨¨§§¨§§§§§
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§¨¨¨§¨¨§§§ fractures into  villages  or past  them. §§§¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨ the people  here  are  pale  but  crisp, ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§§§¨¨§ reflections   of   some   other    world ¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§
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¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨ they always seem  a bit annoyed that you §§¨§¨§§§¨§
§§¨§§¨¨§§§ are  manifesting   them  into   physical ¨§§§§¨¨§§§
¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§ form. like  if  you  weren't  here, they §¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
§¨§§§§§¨§¨ would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun §¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨§§§§ against           the           platform §¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§
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§§¨¨¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨
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