,^-^%%##@@                                          @@##%%^-^,
,,,,,-%%#@                                          @#%%-,,,,,
,^-^%%##@#                                          #@##%%^-^,
,,,,-^%%##                                          ##%%^-,,,,
,^-^%%##@#                                          #@##%%^-^,
,^-^%%##@@              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^             @@##%%^-^,
,^-^%%##@#              ^  #########  ^             #@##%%^-^,
,,,,,-%%## ^           #     roads     #          ^ ##%%-,,,,,
,,,,,,^^%#             ^  #########  ^              #%^^,,,,,,
,^-^%%#@##             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^              ##@#%%^-^,
,^-^%%##@#                                          #@##%%^-^,
,^-^%%##@@  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.          #@##%%^-^,
,,,^^^^%#@                                          @#%^^^^,,,
,^-^%%##@#                  ,^-@-^,                 #@##%%^-^,
,,,,,--%%#                                          #%%--,,,,,
,^-^%%##@@    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.              #%^^^,,,,,
,,,,^-^%#@                                          @#%^-^,,,,
,,,--^^%#@                  ,^-@-^,                 @#%^^--,,,
,^-^%##@##                                          ##@##%^-^,
,^-^^^%### 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.      @###%%^-^,
,^-^%%##@#                                          #@##%%^-^,
,,,,^-^^%#                                          #%^^-^,,,,
,^-^%##@##                                          ##@##%^-^,
,^-^%%##@#                                          #@##%%^-^,
,^-^%%%%#@                                          @#%%%%^-^,