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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. ,&&,&&&,&,
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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 &,&&&&&&&&
&,&&,,,,,, 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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