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§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ 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. §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
§§§¨¨§§¨¨¨ #     *     ^    ¨    ¨     ^    *     # §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ #    ~   ^    ¨   ¨   ¨    ¨   ^   ~   # §¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨§§§§§§¨§§ #    *     ^    ¨     ¨     ^     *    # §§§§§¨¨§§¨
§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ #    ~   ^    ¨    ¨   ¨   ¨   ^   ~   # ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§ #     *     ^    ¨    ¨     ^     *    # ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
§¨¨¨§§§§§¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
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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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§¨§§§§§§§¨ §#^                                   ¨# ¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨
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§§¨§¨¨¨§¨§                    **                    ¨§¨§¨¨§§¨¨
¨§§§¨¨§§§§                                          §§§§¨§¨§¨§
§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
§¨§§§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§¨¨§§¨¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨