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¤¤......¤¤ the train is a dashing arrow ..¤¤¤¤¤..¤
¤..¤¤¤¤..¤ over the sea. ¤..¤¤¤....
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¤¤¤....¤¤¤ # % ; ; % # .¤¤.......
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.......... look closer - it's not water. .¤¤..¤¤¤..
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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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¤¤¤..¤¤... # % ; ; % # ¤¤......¤¤
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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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