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,,,,,,,,,& 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 ,,,,&,,,&&
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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. &,,&,,,,,,
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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 &,,,,&,,,,
,,&,,&,,,, ABOUT IT, AND APPEAR CONCERNED AS WELL. ,&,,,,&,,,
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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 ,,,,&,,&,,
,,,&,,,,,& CALL?" &,,,,&,,&,
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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. ,,,&,&&,,&
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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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