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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. ###@£===,,
,,,===£@## ##@£===,,,
,,===£@### 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. ###@£===,,
,,,===£@## ##@£===,,,
,,===£@### 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?" ##@£===,,,
,,===£@### ###@£===,,
,,,===£@## 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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