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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. &&&,,&,&&,
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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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,,,,&&&,,& ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ ,,,,,&&&,,
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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 &,,,,&,,,,
,,,&,&&,,& detour?" &&,,,,&,,,
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