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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 $*:=^.....
......^=:* BETWEEN THREE TO A HUNDRED (RARE) *:=^......
.......^=: METERS ABOVE GROUND. THE CLOSER YOU GET :=^.......
........^= TO A CITY, THE MORE INTERTWINED THEY =^........
.........^ GET. ^.........
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.......... IN SUCH AREAS, ALL CROSSINGS AND ..........
.......... INTERSECTIONS ARE PLACED IN TUNNELS, OR ..........
.........^ SPECIAL TOWER-LIKE STRUCTURES CALLED ^.........
........^= OUTPOSTS, WHICH ENFOLD THE ROADS WHERE =^........
.......^=: THEY INTERACT. :=^.......
......^=:* *:=^......
.....^=:*$ .^=#=^. $*:=^.....
....^=:*$& &$*:=^....
...^=:*$ 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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