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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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