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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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..........    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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....~=†*¤§                  .~=#=~.                 §¤*†=~....
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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.     #@§¤*†=~..
...~=†*¤§@                                          @§¤*†=~...
....~=†*¤§ HOWEVER, SOME CREATURES PAINT THEIR  OWN §¤*†=~....
.....~=†*¤   ILLICIT SYMBOLS ENCODING TERRITORIAL   ¤*†=~.....
......~=†*    CLAIMS, NEARBY RESOURCES, OR OTHER    *†=~......
.......~=†      UNKNOWN AND MYSTERIOUS THINGS.      †=~.......
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