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,,#,,,,#,,  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 ,##,,,,,,#
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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 ,,,,#,##,,
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#,,#,##,,, AFTER HE'S  BROUGHT  ME COFFEE,  I  DIAL ,,,,,,,,##
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###,,#,##, 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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