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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. \~:.......
......:~\* *\~:......
.....:~\*% 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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