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,####,,#,#  ORANGE-CLAD TRAIN-CLIMBER CREW, MOVING  ,,#,,,,###
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,###,##,,,  TWENTY-SOMETHING MEMBERS OF THE CREW,   ,,,,,###,#
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#,#,###,,, 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 #,,##,,,##
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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 #,######,,
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####,,#,,# ME ON  MY  BACK. "ALLRIGHT  BOY.  I JUST ##,#,,,,,#
,,,#,##,## SOLD A MISSILE."  HE  PRACTICALLY  BEAMS ,###,,,,#,
,,###,##,, AT ME, TEETH FILED SHARP. "WANNA MAKE  A #,,#,,,##,
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