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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. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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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