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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 ,##,,,,#,,
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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 ,,,,,,,###
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,,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,#,,##,,,
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#,,,,,,,## MIDDLE  OF  THE   NIGHT  AT  THAT?   NOT ,,,,#,,###
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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 ##########
##########                 DETOUR?"                 ##########
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