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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. ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@@¨@¨@¨@¨ 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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