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§§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY §¨¨§§§§¨§¨
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¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ¨§§§¨§¨§§§
§§§¨§¨§§§§ ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE §¨¨§§§§¨¨§
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¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE §§§¨¨§§§§¨
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¨§¨§§§§§§¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨¨§¨§§¨§§¨
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§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY §§§§¨§¨¨§§
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¨¨§§¨§¨§¨§ 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 ¨§¨§¨¨§§§¨
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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. §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§ 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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