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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.          ##%%^~....
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.^~~^^%%## WHEN TRAVELING BY  FOOT,  YOU CAN FOLLOW ##%%^^~~^.
....^~%%%#          ALL OF THESE, OR NONE.          #%%%~^....
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.^~^%%####                  .^~#~^.                 ####%%^~^.
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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.              #%%~^.....
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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.     ####%%^~^.
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....^^^^%# HOWEVER, SOME  CREATURES PAINT THEIR OWN #%^^^^....
.^~^%%####   ILLICIT SYMBOLS ENCODING TERRITORIAL   ####%%^~^.
....~^%%##    CLAIMS, NEARBY RESOURCES, OR OTHER    ##%%^~....
......~~%#      UNKNOWN AND MYSTERIOUS THINGS.      #%~~......
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