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........,« :           #     ROADS     #          : «,........
.......,«:              :  #########  :             :«,.......
......,«:=             :::::::::::::::              =:«,......
.....,«:=¤                                          ¤=:«,.....
....,«:=¤#  ROADS ARE PHYSICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF   #¤=:«,....
...,«:=¤## THE  LINES  ON  MAPS THAT TELL YOU WHERE ##¤=:«,...
..,«:=¤###             YOU CAN TRAVEL.              ###¤=:«,..
.,«:=¤####                                          ####¤=:«,.
..,«:=¤### THOSE  CALLED  ROADS ARE FOR  CARS.  FOR ###¤=:«,..
...,«:=¤## BIKES  THEY ARE CALLED PATHS, FOR TRAINS ##¤=:«,...
....,«:=¤#          THEY ARE CALLED RAILS.          #¤=:«,....
.....,«:=¤                                          ¤=:«,.....
......,«:= WHEN TRAVELING  BY FOOT, YOU CAN  FOLLOW =:«,......
.......,«:          ALL OF THESE, OR NONE.          :«,.......
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..........    MOST ROADS ARE ELEVATED, SUSPENDED    ..........
.......... BETWEEN  THREE   TO   A  HUNDRED  (RARE) ..........
.......... METERS ABOVE GROUND.  THE CLOSER YOU GET ..........
.......... TO  A  CITY,  THE  MORE INTERTWINED THEY ..........
..........                   GET.                   ..........
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........., IN  SUCH   AREAS,  ALL   CROSSINGS   AND ,.........
........,« INTERSECTIONS  ARE PLACED IN TUNNELS, OR «,........
.......,«:   SPECIAL TOWER-LIKE STRUCTURES CALLED   :«,.......
......,«:= OUTPOSTS,  WHICH ENFOLD  THE ROADS WHERE =:«,......
.....,«:=¤              THEY INTERACT.              ¤=:«,.....
....,«:=¤#                                          #¤=:«,....
...,«:=¤##                 .,«#«,.                  ##¤=:«,...
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.,«:=¤#### HERE AND THERE YOU WILL  FIND SYMBOLS IN ####¤=:«,.
..,«:=¤### WHITE,  ON THE  ASPHALT. THESE ARE MEANT ###¤=:«,..
...,«:=¤## TO   TELL   THE   DRIVERS   ABOUT   WHAT ##¤=:«,...
....,«:=¤# MANOUVERS  THEY  ALLOWED TO  PERFORM  ON #¤=:«,....
.....,«:=¤     THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH OF ROAD.     ¤=:«,.....
......,«:=                                          =:«,......
.......,«: HOWEVER, SOME CREATURES PAINT  THEIR OWN :«,.......
........,«   ILLICIT SYMBOLS ENCODING TERRITORIAL   «,........
.........,    CLAIMS, NEARBY RESOURCES, OR OTHER    ,.........
..........      UNKNOWN AND MYSTERIOUS THINGS.      ..........
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