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~:........ ROADS ARE PHYSICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ........:~
:~:....... THE LINES ON MAPS THAT TELL YOU WHERE .......:~:
%:~:...... YOU CAN TRAVEL. ......:~:%
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#@%:~:.... THOSE CALLED ROADS ARE FOR CARS. FOR ....:~:%@#
##@%:~:... BIKES THEY ARE CALLED PATHS, FOR TRAINS ...:~:%@##
###@%:~:.. THEY ARE CALLED RAILS. ..:~:%@###
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###@%:~:.. 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. .....:~:%@
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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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