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§§§§¨§¨¨§¨ @¨                                   -§^ §§§§§¨¨§¨§
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§§¨¨§§¨§¨§ #         #        §         #         # ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§§§§ the   train    is   a    dashing   arrow ¨¨§§¨§§¨§§
¨§§§§§§¨¨¨ over               the              sea. §¨§¨§§¨§§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ #         @         -        @         # ¨§§§§¨§§¨§
§§§¨¨¨¨§§¨ #      ¤       :       :       ¤       # ¨§¨¨¨§§¨§§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§ #         ¤         -         ¤        # §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨§§§ look    closer   -   it's   not   water. ¨¨¨§¨§§§¨§
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨ #      ¤       -       -       ¤       # ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§§
¨§¨§§§§§§¨ #     ~     :    ¨     ¨    :    ~     # ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ #      ~       -       -       ~       # §¨¨§§¨§§§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§ the lowland  which  was once the midriff ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ of  sweden.  the  salt  flats  span  for §§§§§§¨§¨¨
§§§§§¨§¨¨§ 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. §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
¨¨¨§¨§¨§§§ #     ^    -     ¨    ¨     -    ^     # §§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§§§¨¨ #   ~   -   ¨    ¨   ¨    ¨   -    ~   # §¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨ #     ^     -     ¨     ¨    -    ^    # §§§§¨¨§§¨§
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ #   ~    -    ¨    ¨   ¨   ¨   -   ~   # §¨¨¨§¨§¨§§
§§§§¨§¨¨§¨ #    ^    -     ¨     ¨     -    ^     # ¨§¨¨§§§§§¨
§¨¨¨§§§¨§§ they  call  it the "mandelbrot  crater", ¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨¨§§¨ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. ¨§¨§§§¨¨¨§
§§§¨§§¨§¨§ #      ~       -       -       ~       # ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§¨§§§§ #      ~     :     ¨      :      ~     # ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ #       ¤       -       -      ¤       # ¨§§¨§§§¨§§
¨§¨§§§¨§¨¨ 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 §§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§§ #         ¤        -         ¤         # §¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨ #      ¤       :       :       ¤       # §§§¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨§§ #         @        -         @         # ¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨§§¨ 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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¨¨§§§¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§§§¨§§
§¨§¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨§§¨
§§§§¨§¨¨§¨                                          §§§§§¨¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨§§§
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