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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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§§§¨¨§§§§§              ¨§##§     \#*¨              §¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
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§§§¨¨§§¨¨¨                    \§\                   §§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
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§§¨§§§§§§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨
§§§¨§¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨§§§§¨
§¨¨§§§¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§                                          §§¨§§§§¨¨§