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##¨¨#¨#¨¨# =@»                                 =#,  #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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##¨¨#¨#¨¨# @¨                                   ,#= #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #            @            @            # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## #         #        #         #         # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# the    train   is   a   dashing    arrow #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## over              the               sea. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #         @        ,         @         # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## #       @       =       =       @      # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #        @         ,         @         # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## look    closer   -   it's   not   water. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #       @       ,       ,       @      # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## #     »    =     ¨     ¨     =    »    # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #       »      ,       ,       »       # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## 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. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## #    =     ,     ¨     ¨    ,     =    # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #   »   ,    ¨   ¨    ¨    ¨   ,   »   # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## #     =     ,     ¨    ¨    ,    =     # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #   »    ,    ¨   ¨   ¨   ¨   ,    »   # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## #    =     ,     ¨     ¨    ,     =    # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# they  call  it  the "mandelbrot crater", #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## and it is the rest of a mining disaster. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #       »       ,      ,       »       # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## #     »     =      ¨     =      »      # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #       @      ,       ,       @       # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## sun  hits the four-railed  track,  as it #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# fractures into  villages or  past  them. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## the  people  here are  pale  but  crisp, #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# reflections   of    some   other   world #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## #        @         ,         @         # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# #       @      =       =       @       # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨##¨#¨## #         @         ,        @         # #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨¨#¨#¨¨# 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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