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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.         #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,#,,#,#                                          #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,#,##,# 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?"                  #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,#,##,#                                          #,#,#,#,#,
#,#,#,,#,# 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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