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.......... *           #     ROADS     #          * ..........
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.......~=*   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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....~=**%£                  .~=@=~.                 £%**=~....
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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.     £%**=~....
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......~=** HOWEVER, SOME CREATURES PAINT  THEIR OWN **=~......
.......~=*   ILLICIT SYMBOLS ENCODING TERRITORIAL   *=~.......
........~=    CLAIMS, NEARBY RESOURCES, OR OTHER    =~........
.........~      UNKNOWN AND MYSTERIOUS THINGS.      ~.........
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