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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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