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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 ¤^*****=^.
.^=*^$¤@@# THEY ARE CALLED RAILS. #@@¤$^*=^.
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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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