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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 ,,,&&&,,,&
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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 ,,,,&,,,,&
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