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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. #@#£%^/=^,
,,^=/^%£#@ @#£%^/=^,,
,^=/^%£#@# ############################## #@#£%^/=^,
,,^=/^%£#@ @#£%^/=^,,
,^=/^%£#@# 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. #@#£%^/=^,
,,^=/^%£#@ @#£%^/=^,,
,^=/^%£#@# ############################## #@#£%^/=^,
,,^=/^%£#@ @#£%^/=^,,
,^=/^%£#@# 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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