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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.          ,&&,,,&&&,
,,&&&,&&&&                                          &&,&,,&,,&
&,&,,&&,,,                  ,~-@-~,                 ,,&&&,&&,&
,&&&,&,&,,                                          &,&,,&&,&&
&&,,&&&&&,    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.              ,&,,&&,,,&
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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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