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,,,,-=*$£@ ALONG THE RUSTY CARGO CARS LIKE SOME @£$*=-,,,,
,,,-=*$£@# SPECIES OF FERROPHAGE INSECT. UP AND #@£$*=-,,,
,,-=*$£@## DOWN THE TRAIN, CHECKING BOLTS, OILING ##@£$*=-,,
,,,-=*$£@# JOINTS, DRINKING COFFEE, SMOKING #@£$*=-,,,
,,,,-=*$£@ CIGARETTES. @£$*=-,,,,
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,,,-=*$£@# THE TIME, SLEEPING CLOSE TO THE #@£$*=-,,,
,,-=*$£@## FURNACE, WATCHING THE AURORA BOREALIS. ##@£$*=-,,
,,,-=*$£@# TWENTY-SOMETHING MEMBERS OF THE CREW, #@£$*=-,,,
,,,,-=*$£@ MOST OF WHICH WERE MECHANICS, OR @£$*=-,,,,
,,,-=*$£@# LOADERS, WITH LARGE AND HAIRY HANDS #@£$*=-,,,
,,-=*$£@## THAT COULD SWALLOW MY ENTIRE BODY. AND ##@£$*=-,,
,,,-=*$£@# ME FEATURING AS THE CUTE AND ASOCIAL #@£$*=-,,,
,,,,-=*$£@ RADIO OPERATOR, STATIONED IN THE BACK @£$*=-,,,,
,,,-=*$£@# OF THE KILOMETER-LONG TRAIN, WHICH #@£$*=-,,,
,,-=*$£@## SERVED ME GOOD AND WELL. ##@£$*=-,,
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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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