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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 ,##,##,,#,
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