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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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