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¨:~*§%§##@ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY @##§%§*~:¨
¨¨:~*§%§§@ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY @§§%§*~:¨¨
¨:~*§%§#@@ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD @@#§%§*~:¨
¨:~*§§§§§§ POWERLINES. §§§§§§*~:¨
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¨:~*§%%%## AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ##%%%§*~:¨
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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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¨:~*§%§#@# TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR #@#§%§*~:¨
¨¨¨¨:~*§§§ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO §§§*~:¨¨¨¨
¨:~*§%§#@# NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY #@#§%§*~:¨
¨:~*§%§##@ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS @##§%§*~:¨
¨:~*§%§@## BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ##@§%§*~:¨
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¨:~*§%§§## DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ##§§%§*~:¨
¨:~*§§§%§§ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. §§%§§§*~:¨
¨:~*§%§@## GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ##@§%§*~:¨
¨:~****§%# PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. #%§****~:¨
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¨:~*§%§#@# IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. #@#§%§*~:¨
¨¨¨¨:**%§@ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO @§%**:¨¨¨¨
¨:~*§%§### AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ###§%§*~:¨
¨:~*§%%%%§ SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. §%%%%§*~:¨
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