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,--\$£#### ALONG THE RUSTY CARGO CARS LIKE SOME ####£$\--,
,--\$£#### SPECIES OF FERROPHAGE INSECT. UP AND ####£$\--,
,--\$£#### DOWN THE TRAIN, CHECKING BOLTS, OILING ####£$\--,
,--\$$$$## JOINTS, DRINKING COFFEE, SMOKING ##$$$$\--,
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,,---\\$## WE WERE GOING SOUTH THROUGH FINLAND AT ##$\\---,,
,--\$£#### THE TIME, SLEEPING CLOSE TO THE ####£$\--,
,--\$£#### FURNACE, WATCHING THE AURORA BOREALIS. ####£$\--,
,--\\$£### TWENTY-SOMETHING MEMBERS OF THE CREW, ###£$\\--,
,--\$£#### MOST OF WHICH WERE MECHANICS, OR ####£$\--,
,,,,,-\$## LOADERS, WITH LARGE AND HAIRY HANDS ##$\-,,,,,
,--\$$$£## 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 #$$--,,,,,
,--\$£#### ENTIRELY... COMFORTABLE. ####£$\--,
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,--\$##### I CALL IT IN ON THE WALKIE-TALKIE. NOT #####$\--,
,,,,,-\$## MANY OTHERS AWAKE, THEY KNOW NOTHING ##$\-,,,,,
,,,,--\\£# ABOUT IT, AND APPEAR CONCERNED AS WELL. #£\\--,,,,
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,,,,,-\$## WHEN I FALL AWAKE IN THE AFTERNOON, ##$\-,,,,,
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,,---\\£## BOY," HE SAYS, "WANNA HELP ME MAKE A ##£\\---,,
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,--\$£#### AFTER HE'S BROUGHT ME COFFEE, I DIAL ####£$\--,
,--\$##### THE FREQUENCY FROM HIS NOTEBOOK, AND #####$\--,
,--\$£#### AFTER A WHILE THERE'S A REPLY IN ####£$\--,
,,,,,-$### PAN-SLAVIC. KARL LAUGHS AND MAKES A ###$-,,,,,
,--\$£#### REPLY IN THE SAME LANGUAGE. EVEN THOUGH ####£$\--,
,--\£##### WE BOTH HAVE HEADPHONES I CAN'T FOLLOW #####£\--,
,--\$£#### AT ALL, BUT I HEAR THE WORD "MISSILE" A ####£$\--,
,--\$##### FEW TIMES. #####$\--,
,,,,-\$$£# #£$$\-,,,,
,--\$£#### 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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