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§¨¨¨¨§§¨§§ #            @            @            # §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
§§¨¨¨§¨§§¨ #         #        §         #         # §¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨
§¨§¨¨§§§¨§ the    train   is    a   dashing   arrow ¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§
¨§§§¨§¨¨§§ over              the               sea. §§¨¨§¨¨§§§
§§¨¨§§§¨§¨ #         @         ,         @        # §¨§¨§§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨¨§§§ #       &       *      *       &       # ¨§§§§¨§§§¨
§§§§§§¨§¨¨ #        &         ,         &         # ¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ look   closer    -   it's   not   water. §§§¨¨§¨§¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ #       &       ,       ,       &      # §¨¨§¨§§§§§
¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨§ #    ~    *    ¨     ¨     *     ~     # §§¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§ #       ~      ,       ,       ~       # §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§¨¨§§§¨ 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. §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨ #    †     ,    ¨     ¨     ,    †     # §§§§§§§¨§§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ #   ~   ,   ¨    ¨   ¨   ¨    ,   ~    # ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
§§§§§§§§§§ #    †     ,     ¨    ¨     ,    †     # ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #   ~   ,    ¨   ¨    ¨   ¨    ,   ~   # §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #     †     ,    ¨    ¨     ,     †    # §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ they call it  the  "mandelbrot  crater", ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨
§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. ¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ #      ~       ,       ,       ~       # §¨§¨§¨¨§§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ #     ~      *      ¨     *      ~     # ¨§§§§§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ #       &      ,       ,       &       # §§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
§§§§§¨§¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨§§§§§¨
¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨ #         &         ,         &        # ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§§¨§¨§§§¨§ #       &       *       *       &      # §¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§§¨¨§§ #        @         ,         @         # §§¨¨§¨§¨¨§
§¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨ 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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¨¨¨¨¨§§§§§              ¨§##§     *#&¨              §§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨§§§§¨            ,@#@#†         §@~            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
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§¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§§§¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §§§§§§§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§§¨§§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨