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&,&&&,&,,, #         @         &         @        # ,&,,,,&,,&
,&&,,&&&,, the    train   is   a    dashing   arrow &&&,,,&&,&
&&,&,&,,&, over               the              sea. &,,&,,&,&&
,,&&&&&,&& #        #         -         #         # ,&,&&,&&&,
,,&,,,,&&, #       &       ^       ^       &      # ,&&&,&&,,&
&,&&,,,&,& #         &         -         &        # &&,,&&,&,&
,&&,&,,&&& look   closer    -   it's   not   water. ,,&,&,&&&&
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&&&,&,&,,& #       ~       -       -      ~       # &&&&,,,&&,
&,,&&&&&,& 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. ,&,,,,,&,,
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,&,&,&,,,& #     †    -     ,     ,    -    †     # ,,,,,&&&&,
,&&&&&&,,& they call  it  the "mandelbrot  crater", ,,,,,&,,,&
&&,,,,,&,& and it is the rest of a mining disaster. &,,,,&&,,&
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&,&&,,,&,, #     ~     ^      ,      ^      ~     # ,&&,,&&&&&
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,&,&&&,&,& 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 ,&&,,,,&,&
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,,&&,&,,&& #       &       ^       ^       &      # ,,&&&,,&,,
,,&,&&&,&, #        #         -         #         # ,,&,,&,&&,
,,&&&,,&&& 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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