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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.          ###¤§=*=^.
.....^^*=¤                                          ¤=*^^.....
......^*=¤ 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.              ##@¤§=*=^.
.....^*=§¤                                          ¤§=*^.....
.^=*=§¤@##                 .^=#=^.                  ##@¤§=*=^.
.^=*=§¤¤@#                                          #@¤¤§=*=^.
.^=*=§¤@## 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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