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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.         ,@,@,@,@,@
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,,@,@,@,,@ 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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