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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 ,,,,&&&,,&
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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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,,,&,&&,,, 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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