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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.              .........~
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\«~.......                  .~«#«~.                 .......~«\
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$=\«~..... HERE  AND THERE YOU WILL FIND SYMBOLS IN .....~«\=$
@$=\«~.... WHITE, ON THE  ASPHALT.  THESE ARE MEANT ....~«\=$@
#@$=\«~... TO   TELL   THE   DRIVERS   ABOUT   WHAT ...~«\=$@#
##@$=\«~.. MANOUVERS  THEY  ALLOWED  TO PERFORM  ON ..~«\=$@##
###@$=\«~.     THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH OF ROAD.     .~«\=$@###
##@$=\«~..                                          ..~«\=$@##
#@$=\«~... HOWEVER, SOME CREATURES PAINT THEIR  OWN ...~«\=$@#
@$=\«~....   ILLICIT SYMBOLS ENCODING TERRITORIAL   ....~«\=$@
$=\«~.....    CLAIMS, NEARBY RESOURCES, OR OTHER    .....~«\=$
=\«~......      UNKNOWN AND MYSTERIOUS THINGS.      ......~«\=
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