.~~^%*§### ###§*%^~~.
..~~~%%%*# #*%%%~~~..
.~~^%*§#@# #@#§*%^~~.
......~%*§ §*%~......
.~~^%*§### ###§*%^~~.
..~~~%***§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §***%~~~..
..~~^^^*§@ ^ ######### ^ @§*^^^~~..
.~~^%*§#@# ^ # 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. ###§*%^~~.
.~~^%*§#@# #@#§*%^~~.
.~~^%*§#@# .~~@~~. #@#§*%^~~.
.~~^%**§§@ @§§**%^~~.
.~~^%*§§#@ 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. @##§*%^~~.
.~^%*§#@## ##@#§*%^~.
.....~^**# 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. #§§*^~....
.~~^%*§### ###§*%^~~.
...~^%%%*§ .~~@~~. §*%%%^~...
.~~^%*§#@# #@#§*%^~~.
...~~^%§#@ 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. #@#§*%^~~.
.~~^%*§#@# #@#§*%^~~.
.~~^%*§#@@ @@#§*%^~~.
...~^%%%*§ §*%%%^~...
.~~^%*§#@# #@#§*%^~~.
.~~^%§#@## ##@#§%^~~.