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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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