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