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¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ the    train   is   a    dashing   arrow ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨ over               the              sea. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ #       ~      ^       ^       ~       # ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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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¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§