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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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@#@¤†^=^,, 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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