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,,,,:»\%&£ SPECIES OF FERROPHAGE INSECT. UP AND £&%\»:,,,,
,,,:»\%&£@ DOWN THE TRAIN, CHECKING BOLTS, OILING @£&%\»:,,,
,,:»\%&£@# JOINTS, DRINKING COFFEE, SMOKING #@£&%\»:,,
,:»\%&£@## CIGARETTES. ##@£&%\»:,
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,,:»\%&£@# 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 #@£&%\»:,,
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,,,,:»\%&£ 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 @£&%\»:,,,
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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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