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$^*«,¨¨¨¨¨ powerlines. ¨¨¨¨¨,«*^$
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#@£$^*«,¨¨ «very big«. instead, not as many are ¨¨,«*^$£@#
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#@£$^*«,¨¨ artifacts/symbols, they belong to the ¨¨,«*^$£@#
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#@£$^*«,¨¨ transformer. what we know is what we ¨¨,«*^$£@#
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@£$^*«,¨¨¨ a sucking transformer is surrounded by ¨¨¨,«*^$£@
£$^*«,¨¨¨¨ two signs, both around twenty four ¨¨¨¨,«*^$£
$^*«,¨¨¨¨¨ meters to each side of it. tranins do ¨¨¨¨¨,«*^$
^*«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ not stop between these signs during any ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«*^
$^*«,¨¨¨¨¨ circumstances - if the choice is ¨¨¨¨¨,«*^$
£$^*«,¨¨¨¨ between halting within, or running into ¨¨¨¨,«*^$£
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#@£$^*«,¨¨ water avoids them. in light rain, the ¨¨,«*^$£@#
@£$^*«,¨¨¨ ground closest to a transformer stays ¨¨¨,«*^$£@
£$^*«,¨¨¨¨ dry. a common sight is a creek or ¨¨¨¨,«*^$£
$^*«,¨¨¨¨¨ stream making a half-circle detour. ¨¨¨¨¨,«*^$
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$^*«,¨¨¨¨¨ placed near to larger bodies of water. ¨¨¨¨¨,«*^$
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^*«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ souls of living creatures. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«*^
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