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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. ,,¤,¤¤,,¤¤
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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. ¤,¤,,¤¤¤¤¤
,¤,,¤¤,,¤, ¤¤¤¤,¤,,,,
,¤¤,¤,¤,¤¤ 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. ,¤,¤¤¤,¤¤¤
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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 ,¤¤,,¤¤,,,
¤,,,¤¤,¤,¤ detour?" ¤¤,¤,¤,¤,,
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