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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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