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§$^~...... ^           @     ROADS     @          ^ ......~^$§
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#@@§$*^~..             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^              ..~^*$§@@#
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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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