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£&¤%/«~,,, SPECIES OF FERROPHAGE INSECT. UP AND ,,,~«/%¤&£
#£&¤%/«~,, DOWN THE TRAIN, CHECKING BOLTS, OILING ,,~«/%¤&£#
##£&¤%/«~, JOINTS, DRINKING COFFEE, SMOKING ,~«/%¤&£##
#£&¤%/«~,, CIGARETTES. ,,~«/%¤&£#
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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 ,,,~«/%¤&£
&¤%/«~,,,, 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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