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¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¤ 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 ¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤¤
¤¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤ 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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