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.~=/=£#£## along the rusty cargo cars like some ##£#£=/=~.
..~=/=£#£# species of ferrophage insect. up and #£#£=/=~..
.~=/=£#£## down the train, checking bolts, oiling ##£#£=/=~.
..~=/=£#£# joints, drinking coffee, smoking #£#£=/=~..
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..~=/=£#£# 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 #£#£=/=~..
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..~=/=£#£# 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 #£#£=/=~..
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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 ##£#£=/=~.
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