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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.                ¨¨¨:~†^^@&
###¶@^†~:¨                                          ¨:~†^@¶###
##¶&@^†~:¨     ~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@    ¨:~†^@&¶##
##¶&@^†~:¨                                          ¨:~†^@&¶##
&&&^††~:¨¨ 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. ¨:~†^@&¶##
##¶&@^†~:¨                                          ¨:~†^@&¶##
###¶&@^~:¨     @~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#    ¨:~^@&¶###
##¶&@^†~:¨                                          ¨:~†^@&¶##
&@††:¨¨¨¨¨ 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.        ¨:::†^^&&&
¶@^~~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~~^@¶
###¶@^†~:¨                                          ¨:~†^@¶###
##¶&@^†~:¨                                          ¨:~†^@&¶##
##¶&@^†~:¨                                          ¨:~†^@&¶##
##¶&@^†~:¨                                          ¨:~†^@&¶##