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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 ###@&$†~^¨
¨¨¨¨~†$$$&        souls of living creatures.        &$$$†~¨¨¨¨
¨¨^~~†$$$&                                          &$$$†~~^¨¨
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