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,,,#,,#,,,  ORANGE-CLAD TRAIN-CLIMBER CREW, MOVING  #,,,##,,#,
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#,,#,##,#, SPECIES  OF  FERROPHAGE  INSECT.  UP AND ###,#####,
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,##,,,#,,,   TWENTY-SOMETHING MEMBERS OF THE CREW,  ,,##,#,#,,
,#,#,,##,, MOST  OF   WHICH  WERE   MECHANICS,   OR #,#,#####,
,####,#,#, LOADERS,  WITH  LARGE  AND  HAIRY  HANDS ,####,,,,#
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,,#,,#,,,, ME  FEATURING  AS  THE CUTE AND  ASOCIAL ###,,##,,#
#,##,##,,, RADIO  OPERATOR, STATIONED  IN THE  BACK ,,,#,#,#,#
,##,##,#,,    OF THE KILOMETER-LONG TRAIN, WHICH    #,,#######
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###,##,#,# AND  THEN ONE NIGHT, THERE'S  A MISSILE. #,#,,#,,,,
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##,#,##,,, 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 ##,##,,#,#
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,#,,,,##,# MANY  OTHERS AWAKE,  THEY  KNOW  NOTHING ,,,,,#,,##
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###,#,#,#, 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 ,##,###,#,
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,,#,,#,#,, 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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#,#,,,,### 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 #####,#,,,
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