.~-^†%@###                                          ###@%†^-~.
.~-^†%@###                                          ###@%†^-~.
....~^^††@                                          @††^^~....
.~-^†%@###                                          ###@%†^-~.
...~^^††%@                                          @%††^^~...
..~~---^†@             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^              @†^---~~..
....~~-^†@              ^  #########  ^             @†^-~~....
.~-^†%@### ^          #     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.              ###@%†^-~.
.~-^†%@###                                          ###@%†^-~.
.~-^†%@###                 .~-#-~.                  ###@%†^-~.
......-^%@                                          @%^-......
....~-††@# 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.      @@@†-.....
.~-^†%@###                                          ###@%†^-~.
.~-^†%####                                          ####%†^-~.
....~^%@##                                          ##@%^~....
.~-^†%%%@#                                          #@%%%†^-~.
.~-^†%@###                                          ###@%†^-~.