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,,,#,,#,,, FURNACE, WATCHING THE AURORA BOREALIS. ,,,,,#,,,,
,,,,#,,#,, TWENTY-SOMETHING MEMBERS OF THE CREW, ,,,,,,#,,,
,,,,,#,,#, MOST OF WHICH WERE MECHANICS, OR #,,,,,,#,,
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,,#,,,,,,, OF THE KILOMETER-LONG TRAIN, WHICH ,,#,##,,,,
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,,,,#,,,,, BOY," HE SAYS, "WANNA HELP ME MAKE A ,,,,,,#,##
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,,#,##,,,, PAN-SLAVIC. KARL LAUGHS AND MAKES A ,,#,,,,,,,
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,,,,#,##,, WE BOTH HAVE HEADPHONES I CAN'T FOLLOW ,,,,#,,,,,
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#,,,,,,,,, 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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