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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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