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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. ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨ 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. ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨ I CALL IT IN ON THE WALKIE-TALKIE. NOT ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ MANY OTHERS AWAKE, THEY KNOW NOTHING ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨ ABOUT IT, AND APPEAR CONCERNED AS WELL. ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨ ############################## ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨ WHEN I FALL AWAKE IN THE AFTERNOON, ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ KARL IS THERE, SMILING AT ME. "HEY ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨ BOY," HE SAYS, "WANNA HELP ME MAKE A ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ CALL?" ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨ ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ 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. ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨ 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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