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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 &&,,&,&&,,
,&,,,,&&&, DETOUR?" ,&&,,,&&&,
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