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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 &,,,,,,,,&
&,,,,&&&,, DETOUR?" &&,,,,,,,,
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