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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     ,,,,,,#,,#
#,,,,,,,,#               CIGARETTES.                ,,,,,,,#,,
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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 ,,,,,#,,,,
,,,#,,,,,,                 DETOUR?"                 ,,,,,,#,,,
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