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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:~ 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. ^~:,,,,,,,
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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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