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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 ,,,¤¤,,,,,
¤¤¤¤,,¤¤¤¤ CIGARETTES. ¤¤,,,,¤¤¤¤
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¤¤,,¤¤,,,, @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ¤¤,,,,,,¤¤
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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. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,,
,,,¤¤¤¤,,¤ ,¤¤¤¤¤¤,,,
¤¤,,¤¤,,,, I CALL IT IN ON THE WALKIE-TALKIE. NOT ,,¤¤¤¤,,¤¤
¤,,,,,,¤¤, MANY OTHERS AWAKE, THEY KNOW NOTHING ¤,,¤¤,,,,¤
,,¤¤¤¤,,,, ABOUT IT, AND APPEAR CONCERNED AS WELL. ,,,,,,¤¤,,
¤,,¤¤,,¤¤¤ ,¤¤¤¤,,,,¤
,,,,,,,,¤¤ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ,,¤¤,,¤¤,,
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,,, ¤,,,,,,,,¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤,,¤¤ WHEN I FALL AWAKE IN THE AFTERNOON, ,,¤¤¤¤¤¤,,
,¤¤¤¤,,,,¤ KARL IS THERE, SMILING AT ME. "HEY ,,,¤¤¤¤,,,
,,¤¤,,¤¤,, BOY," HE SAYS, "WANNA HELP ME MAKE A ¤¤,,¤¤,,¤¤
,,,,,,,,,, CALL?" ,,,,,,,,,,
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ DETOUR?" ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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