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##@£&%\~-¨ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ¨-~\%&£@##
#@£&%\~-¨¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨¨-~\%&£@#
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#@£&%\~-¨¨ POWERLINES. ¨¨-~\%&£@#
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##@£&%\~-¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨-~\%&£@##
#@£&%\~-¨¨ RARER KIND. ¨¨-~\%&£@#
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#@£&%\~-¨¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨¨-~\%&£@#
##@£&%\~-¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨-~\%&£@##
#@£&%\~-¨¨ CAN OBSERVE. ¨¨-~\%&£@#
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##@£&%\~-¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨-~\%&£@##
#@£&%\~-¨¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨¨-~\%&£@#
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#@£&%\~-¨¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨¨-~\%&£@#
##@£&%\~-¨ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ¨-~\%&£@##
#@£&%\~-¨¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨¨-~\%&£@#
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##@£&%\~-¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨-~\%&£@##
#@£&%\~-¨¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨¨-~\%&£@#
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#@£&%\~-¨¨ 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 ¨¨-~\%&£@#
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