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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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.:~:§@&###    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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