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.^-\*$£###  artifacts/symbols, they belong to the   ###£$*\-^.
.^-\*$£###                rarer kind.               ###£$*\-^.
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.....^\\$#    secretive about their symbols and     #$\\^.....
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.^-\*$$££# transformer.  what  we know is  what  we #££$$*\-^.
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.....^\*$# meters to each side  of  it. tranins  do #$*\^.....
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.....^^\$£ circumstances   -   if  the  choice   is £$\^^.....
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.^-\*$£### water avoids  them.  in  light rain, the ###£$*\-^.
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.^-\*$£###    superstition exist that they also     ###£$*\-^.
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.^-\*$£###        souls of living creatures.        ###£$*\-^.
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