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..~\^*&¶@# #@¶&*^\~..
..~~\^^**& &**^^\~~..
..~\^*&¶@# \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ #@¶&*^\~..
..~\^*&¶@# \ ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ \ #@¶&*^\~..
..~\^*&@## \ ¶ 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. &***\.....
..~\^*&&&@ @&&&*^\~..
..~\^*&¶@# #@¶&*^\~..
....\\\*&@ @&*\\\....
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