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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. ¨¨¨--%%%&#
##¶&$%^-.¨                                          ¨.-^%$&¶##
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##¶&$%^-.¨                                          ¨.-^%$&¶##
#¶&%%^--.¨ 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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¶$%^^^-¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨-^^^%$¶