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&^^-:..... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .....:-^^&
#&^^-:.... ^ ######### ^ ....:-^^
@#&^^-:... ^ # ROADS # ^ ...:-^^@
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##@#&^^-:. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .:-^^@##
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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. ....:-^^
&^^-:..... .....:-^^&
#&^^-:.... .:-@-:. ....:-^^
@#&^^-:... ...:-^^@
#@#&^^-:.. 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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