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.~«%%@#@##                                          ##@#@%%«~.
.~«%%@#@##    @%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«     ##@#@%%«~.
.~«†%%@###     %@«                           %@«    ###@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@@##     %«@    sucking transformer    %«@    ##@@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@#@#     «%@                           «%@    #@#@%%†«~.
...~~~†%@#     «@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%    #@%†~~~...
.~«†%%@#@#                                          #@#@%%†«~.
.~«†††%%@@ a  type  of  transformer  (an electrical @@%%†††«~.
.~~«††%%@@   component) found mainly along railway  @@%%††«~~.
......~«%@  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  @%«~......
.....~†%#@ between  the   rails  and  the  overhead @#%†~.....
.~~~«««†%@                powerlines.               @%†«««~~~.
.~«†%%@#@#                                          #@#@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@#@# as  far  as transformers go,  these  are #@#@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@@## «very  big«. instead, not  as  many  are ##@@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@#@#      needed. among all rail-adjacent     #@#@%%†«~.
......«†%@   artifacts/symbols, they belong to the  @%†«......
.~«†%%@#@#               rarer kind.                #@#@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@###                                          ###@%%†«~.
.......«%@    «@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%     @%«.......
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.....««%@@ the   railpeople  are  in  general  very @@%««.....
...~««%@#@     secretive about their symbols and    @#@%««~...
.~«†%@#@## machines,   so   also   with   the  this ##@#@%†«~.
.~«†%%@##@ transformer. what  we  know is  what  we @##@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@#@#               can observe.               #@#@%%†«~.
..~~~†††%@                                          @%†††~~~..
.~«†%%@#@# a sucking  transformer is  surrounded by #@#@%%†«~.
......~†%@ 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 #@#@%%†«~.
.....«%%%@ another train just outside,  they prefer @%%%«.....
.~«†%%@#@#                colliding.                #@#@%%†«~.
.....~†%@@                                          @@%†~.....
.~«†%%@#@@ water  avoids  them. in light  rain, the @@#@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@#@# ground  closest  to a  transformer stays #@#@%%†«~.
....«««%%# 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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.......«%@ their function  for the rail environment @%«.......
.~«†%%@### is  poorly understood. they seem to pull ###@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@@##    in stray fields and electricities.    ##@@%%†«~.
...~««%%#@     superstition exist that they also    @#%%««~...
.~«†%%@#@@ affect  spirits,  gijinkas, and even the @@#@%%†«~.
.~«†%%@@##        souls of living creatures.        ##@@%%†«~.
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