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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 $%:~-.....
......-~:% bikes they  are called paths, for trains %:~-......
.......-~:          they are called rails.          :~-.......
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.........- when traveling by  foot, you can  follow -.........
..........          all of these, or none.          ..........
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..........    most roads are elevated, suspended    ..........
.......... between  three  to  a   hundred   (rare) ..........
.......... meters above  ground. the closer you get ..........
.......... to a city,  the  more  intertwined  they ..........
..........                   get.                   ..........
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........-~ in  such   areas,  all   crossings   and ~-........
.......-~: intersections are placed  in tunnels, or :~-.......
......-~:%   special tower-like structures called   %:~-......
.....-~:%$ outposts, which  enfold  the roads where $%:~-.....
....-~:%$£              they interact.              £$%:~-....
...-~:%$£@                                          @£$%:~-...
..-~:%$£@#                  .-~#~-.                 #@£$%:~-..
.-~:%$£@##                                          ##@£$%:~-.
..-~:%$£@# 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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