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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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. ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ THEY CALL  IT  THE "MANDELBROT  CRATER", ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ AND IT IS THE REST OF A MINING DISASTER. ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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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