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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. ¤...¤..¤¤¤
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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. ......¤.¤.
..¤.¤.¤¤¤¤ .....¤¤¤¤¤
.¤¤¤¤¤...¤ 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?" ..¤¤¤¤¤...
¤........¤ .¤....¤..¤
¤.......¤¤ 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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