.~-*%*§@##                                          ##@§*%*-~.
.~-*%*§@##                                          ##@§*%*-~.
.~-*%*§@##                                          ##@§*%*-~.
.~-*%*§@##                                          ##@§*%*-~.
.~-*%*§@##                                          ##@§*%*-~.
....~~~**@              ***************             @**~~~....
.~-*%*§@@#             *  @@@@@@@@@  *              #@@§*%*-~.
......-*%§ *           @     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.      ##@§*%*-~.
.~-*%***§§                                          §§***%*-~.
...~***%§§                                          §§%***~...
....~-%§§@                                          @§§%-~....
.....~***§                                          §***~.....
.~~--**%*@                                          @*%**--~~.