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,.«=†$@@@# #@@@$†=«.,
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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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,.«=†$@@@# @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #@@@$†=«.,
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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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