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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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###@#£†=-, 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. ,-=†£#@###
##@#£†=-,, ,,-=†£#@##
#@#£†=-,,, 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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