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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.              #@¤&^/~^..
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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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