,:»†*£¤@## ##@¤£*†»:,
,:»†*£¤#@@ @@#¤£*†»:,
,:»†*£¤### ###¤£*†»:,
,:»†*£¤#@# #@#¤£*†»:,
,:»†*£¤#@# #@#¤£*†»:,
,:»†*£#@## 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. #@#¤£*†»:,
,:»»†*££¤# #¤££*†»»:,
,:»†*£¤#@# ############################## #@#¤£*†»:,
,:»†*£¤#@@ @@#¤£*†»:,
,:»†*£¤#@# 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. #@#¤£*†»:,
,:»†*£¤@## ##@¤£*†»:,
,:»†*£¤#@# I CALL IT IN ON THE WALKIE-TALKIE. NOT #@#¤£*†»:,
,,,:†††**¤ MANY OTHERS AWAKE, THEY KNOW NOTHING ¤**†††:,,,
,:»†*£¤#@@ ABOUT IT, AND APPEAR CONCERNED AS WELL. @@#¤£*†»:,
,,,,:†**£¤ ¤£**†:,,,,
,:»†*£¤### ############################## ###¤£*†»:,
,,,:::»*¤@ @¤*»:::,,,
,:»†*£¤### 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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