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#¨#¨##¨#¨# #            #            #            # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #        #         #         #         # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# the    train   is   a    dashing   arrow ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# over              the               sea. ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #        #         ,         #         # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #       @       \       \       @      # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #        @         ,         @         # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# look   closer   -    it's   not   water. ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #       @      ,       ,       @       # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #     ~    \    ¨    ¨     \     ~     # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #      ~       ,       ,       ~       # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# the lowland  which  was once the midriff ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# of  sweden.  the  salt  flats  span  for ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# hundreds of miles. from  a  narrow  line ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# of hills the train  lowers  itself  onto ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# the  crystals  and shoots north,  like a ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# syringe       into       a       baloon. ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #     %    ,    ¨     ¨     ,    %     # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #   ~    ,   ¨   ¨    ¨   ¨    ,   ~   # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #     %    ,     ¨    ¨    ,     %     # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #   ~    ,   ¨    ¨   ¨    ¨   ,   ~   # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #     %     ,    ¨    ¨    ,     %     # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# they call  it the  "mandelbrot  crater", ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# and it is the rest of a mining disaster. ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #       ~       ,       ,      ~       # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #      ~      \     ¨     \     ~      # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #      @       ,       ,       @       # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# sun  hits the four-railed  track,  as it ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# fractures  into villages  or past  them. ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# the  people  here are  pale  but  crisp, ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# reflections   of   some   other    world ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #         @        ,         @         # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #       @      \       \       @       # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #         #         ,         #        # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# they always seem  a bit annoyed that you ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# are  manifesting   them   into  physical ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# form.  like if  you weren't  here,  they ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# against           the           platform ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# #         #         #        #         # ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨#¨# #            #            #            # ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨##¨#¨# ##,                                   ¨# ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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