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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.          $§†~~.....
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.......~~† WHEN TRAVELING BY FOOT, YOU  CAN  FOLLOW †~~.......
........~~          ALL OF THESE, OR NONE.          ~~........
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..........    MOST ROADS ARE ELEVATED, SUSPENDED    ..........
.......... BETWEEN  THREE  TO  A   HUNDRED   (RARE) ..........
.......... METERS ABOVE GROUND. THE  CLOSER YOU GET ..........
.......... TO A  CITY, THE  MORE  INTERTWINED  THEY ..........
..........                   GET.                   ..........
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........~~ IN   SUCH   AREAS,  ALL  CROSSINGS   AND ~~........
.......~~† INTERSECTIONS ARE  PLACED IN TUNNELS, OR †~~.......
......~~†§   SPECIAL TOWER-LIKE STRUCTURES CALLED   §†~~......
.....~~†§$ OUTPOSTS, WHICH  ENFOLD THE  ROADS WHERE $§†~~.....
....~~†§$&              THEY INTERACT.              &$§†~~....
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..~~†§$&##                  .~~#~~.                 ##&$§†~~..
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..~~†§$&## 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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