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†=~....... †          @     ROADS     @           † .......~=†
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%§†=~.....              †††††††††††††††             .....~=†§%
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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.          .....~=†§%
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†=~....... 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.              ..~=†§%&##
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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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