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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. @@@=^~....
.....~^=@@ @@=^~.....
......~^=@ 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. #@@@=^~...
....~^=@@@ @@@=^~....
.....~^=@@ ..~#~.. @@=^~.....
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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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