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¨¨¨§§§§¨§§ Species Of Ferrophage Insect. Up And ¨§§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨ Down The Train, Checking Bolts, Oiling ¨§¨§§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨§ Joints, Drinking Coffee, Smoking ¨§§§¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨§§§ Cigarettes. ¨§¨¨§§¨¨§¨
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§¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨ Loaders, With Large And Hairy Hands §¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨
§§§¨§§§¨¨¨ That Could Swallow My Entire Body. And ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨ Me Featuring As The Cute And Asocial ¨§§§§§§§¨§
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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 ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§
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¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§ Many Others Awake, They Know Nothing §§§§¨§§¨§¨
¨§§¨§§§§¨§ About It, And Appear Concerned As Well. ¨¨¨¨§§¨§§§
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¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ Karl Is There, Smiling At Me. "Hey ¨¨¨§§¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§§§§§ Boy," He Says, "Wanna Help Me Make A §¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
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§§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨§
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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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