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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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.:~^^%## .:~#~:. ###&%^^~:.
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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. &&&%^~~:..
.:~^^^^% #&%^^^^~:.
.:~^^%## .:~#~:. ###&%^^~:.
...~~^%%%& &%%%^~~...
.:~^^%## 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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