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,@,@,@,@,@ ##«                                  «:  @,@,@,@,@,
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,@,@,@,@,@ #                   #                  # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #            #            #            # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #         #         @        #         # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ the    train   is    a   dashing   arrow @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ over               the              sea. @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #         #         :         #        # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #       *       :       :       *      # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #         *         :         *        # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ look   closer   -   it's    not   water. @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #      *       :       :       *       # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #    «     :    ,     ,     :     «    # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #       «      :       :       «       # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ the lowland which was  once  the midriff @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ of  sweden.  the  salt  flats  span  for @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ hundreds  of  miles. from a  narrow line @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ of  hills  the train  lowers itself onto @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ the  crystals  and shoots  north, like a @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ syringe       into       a       baloon. @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #     =    :     ,     ,    :     =    # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #    «   :   ,   ,    ,   ,    :   «   # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #     =    :     ,     ,     :    =    # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #   «   :    ,    ,   ,   ,   :    «   # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #    =     :     ,    ,     :    =     # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ they  call it  the  "mandelbrot crater", @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #       «      :       :       «       # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #      «      :      ,     :     «     # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #      *       :       :       *       # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ sun hits the  four-railed  track,  as it @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ fractures into  villages  or past  them. @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ the people  here  are  pale  but  crisp, @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ reflections   of    some   other   world @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #        *         :         *         # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #       *       :       :       *      # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #        #         :         #         # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ they always seem  a bit annoyed that you @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ are  manifesting   them  into   physical @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ form.  like  if  you  weren't here, they @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ against           the           platform @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #         #         @         #        # @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ #            #            #            # @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ #                   #                  # @,@,@,@,@,
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