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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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;-,,,,,,,, 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?" ,,,,,,,-;†
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#*†;-,,,,, 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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