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&,,&&&,,,& #         @        &         @         # ,&,&&,&,,&
,&,&,,&,,& the   train    is    a   dashing   arrow ,&&&,&&&,&
&&&&&,&&,& over               the              sea. &&,,&&,,&&
,,,,,&&,&& #         @         -        @         # ,,&,&,&,&,
,,,,,&,&&, #       §       *       *      §       # ,,&&&&&&&&
&,,,,&&&,& #         §         -        §         # &,&,,,,,,,
&&,,,&,,&& look   closer    -   it's   not   water. ,&&&,,,,,,
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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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&,,&,,,&&& 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 &&&,,,,&&&
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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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