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#@¶§£=\«^. «very  big«.  instead, not as  many  are .^«\=£§¶@#
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¶§£\^.....     secretive about their symbols and    .....^\£§¶
¶£=«...... 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 .^«\=£§¶@#
#@¶§£=\«^. 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.                ...^«\£§¶¶
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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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#@¶§£=\«^.    in stray fields and electricities.    .^«\=£§¶@#
#@¶§£=\«^.    superstition exist that they also     .^«\=£§¶@#
@¶§==«^... affect spirits, gijinkas,  and  even the ...^«==§¶@
#@¶§£=\«^.        souls of living creatures.        .^«\=£§¶@#
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