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¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¤ 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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