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¤¤¤¤..¤¤.. the train is a dashing arrow ..¤¤..¤¤..
.¤¤......¤ over the sea. ¤.........
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.¤¤..¤¤..¤ # £ = = £ # ¤..¤¤¤¤¤¤.
.......... # £ , £ # ....¤¤¤¤..
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ look closer - it's not water. .¤¤..¤¤..¤
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.¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ # = = . . = = # ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤.
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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. ¤¤........
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¤¤¤¤..¤¤¤¤ they call it the "mandelbrot crater", ¤¤¤¤......
.¤¤....¤¤. and it is the rest of a mining disaster. .¤¤..¤¤¤¤.
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.......... 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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