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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.         #,#,##,,#,
#,#,##,#,#                                          #,#,,#,##,
#,#,,#,#,# 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.         #,#,##,,#,
#,#,##,#,#                                          #,#,,#,##,
#,#,,#,#,# 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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#,#,,#,#,#      @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@      #,#,##,,#,
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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?"                  #,#,,#,##,
#,#,,#,#,#                                          #,#,##,,#,
#,#,##,#,# 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.                #,#,##,,#,
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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 #,#,##,,#,
#,#,##,#,#                 DETOUR?"                 #,#,,#,##,
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