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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 $*/~:.....
......:~/* ALL OF THESE, OR NONE. */~:......
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........:~ MOST ROADS ARE ELEVATED, SUSPENDED ~:........
.......:~/ BETWEEN THREE TO A HUNDRED (RARE) /~:.......
......:~/* METERS ABOVE GROUND. THE CLOSER YOU GET */~:......
.....:~/*$ TO A CITY, THE MORE INTERTWINED THEY $*/~:.....
....:~/*$§ GET. §$*/~:....
...:~/*$§¶ ¶§$*/~:...
..:~/*$§¶# 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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