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.^=/*%@@## ##@@%*/=^.
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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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