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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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&&,,&,&&&,      ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££      ,,,,&,,&,&
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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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,&&,&,,&&&      ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££      ,&&&,&&&&,
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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.                &&&&&&&,&,
,,&,,,&&&&                                          ,,,,,,&&&,
,&&,,&,,,, 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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