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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.               ,,§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§,                                          ,§§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§,      ##############################      ,,§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§,                                          ,§§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§, 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?"                  ,§§,§,§,§,
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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.                ,,§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§,                                          ,§§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§, 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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