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###@&**«.¨ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ¨.«**&@###
##@&**«.¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨¨.«**&@##
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###@&**«.¨ 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. ¨.«**&@###
##@&**«.¨¨ 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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