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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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..~=^=£¤¶# 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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