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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. ¤¤,,¤¤,,¤¤
,¤,,¤¤¤¤,, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,¤¤,,¤ 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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