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#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ the    train    is   a   dashing   arrow #¨#¨#¨##¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ over              the               sea. #¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨
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#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ #       &       ^       ^       &      # #¨#¨#¨##¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ #    -     =     ¨    ¨     =     -    # #¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨
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#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ hundreds  of miles. from  a  narrow line #¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ of  hills  the train lowers itself  onto #¨#¨#¨##¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ the  crystals  and shoots north,  like a #¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ syringe       into       a       baloon. #¨#¨#¨##¨#
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#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ they  call  it the  "mandelbrot crater", #¨#¨#¨##¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. #¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ #       -      ^       ^       -       # #¨#¨#¨##¨#
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#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ sun hits  the  four-railed track, as  it #¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ fractures into  villages or  past  them. #¨#¨#¨##¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ the people  here  are  pale  but  crisp, #¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ reflections    of   some   other   world #¨#¨#¨##¨#
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#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ they always seem a bit annoyed  that you #¨#¨#¨##¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ are   manifesting  them   into  physical #¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ form.  like  if you  weren't  here, they #¨#¨#¨##¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun #¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ against           the           platform #¨#¨#¨##¨#
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