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...~~=%*§# . RAIN . #§*%=~~...
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........~~ WHAT ~~........
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.......... ..........
.......... WATER, BASICALLY, IN VARIOUS FALLING OR ..........
.......... HOVERING FORMS, MAYBE ALSO WHEN IT HAS ..........
.........~ LANDED I GUESS ~.........
........~~ ~~........
.......~~= =~~.......
......~~=% WHERE DOES IT GO %=~~......
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...~~=%*§# AS BEFORE STATED IT HAPPENS IN THE AIR #§*%=~~...
..~~=%*§## UNTIL IT HAPPENS ON THE GROUND OR IN ##§*%=~~..
.~~=%*§### THE SEA - THE GREATER WATER POOL. ###§*%=~~.
..~~=%*§## ##§*%=~~..
...~~=%*§# IT IS CHERISHED BY THE EARTH AND THE #§*%=~~...
....~~=%*§ PLANTS WHO LIVE ON IT AND IN IT, AS IT §*%=~~....
.....~~=%* IS THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF LUCIDITY. *%=~~.....
......~~=% WITHOUT WATER, PLANTS GET MURKY AND %=~~......
.......~~= GLOOMY. =~~.......
........~~ ~~........
.........~ THE SOIL ITSELF STORE WATER BUT NOT ~.........
.......... VERY GOOD. IT DRIPS DEEPER DOWN INTO ..........
.......... THE CAVERNOUS BELOW, WHERE IT MAY FIND ..........
.......... REST IN THE LESSER POOLS THAT SLEEP ..........
.........~ DOWN THERE. ~.........
........~~ ~~........
.......~~= =~~.......
......~~=% WHERE DOES IT COME FROM %=~~......
.....~~=%* #.#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#.# *%=~~.....
....~~=%*§ §*%=~~....
...~~=%*§# THERE IS THIS WHOLE COSMIC THING ABOVE #§*%=~~...
..~~=%*§## AND AT THE END OF US, OUR PLANET, A LOT ##§*%=~~..
.~~=%*§### OF GASES LIVE HERE. ECOSYSTEMS AND ###§*%=~~.
..~~=%*§## CLOUD CREATURES AND WHAT NOT. ##§*%=~~..
...~~=%*§# #§*%=~~...
....~~=%*§ THESE CLOUDS THEN, WHAT ARE THEY MADE §*%=~~....
.....~~=%* OF? YOU GUESSED IT - ABSTRACT WATER! *%=~~.....
......~~=% WHILE UP THERE IT GET CAPTURED BY %=~~......
.......~~= FORMLESS BEINGS WHO USE IT AS THEIR =~~.......
........~~ BODY. FOR YOU SEE, WITHOUT THESE BODIES ~~........
.........~ THEY ARE AS THE SIMPLEST JELLYFISH AND ~.........
.......... CANNOT MOVE THEMSELVES. CLOUDS ARE ..........
.......... BLOWN AROUND IN THE ATMOSPHERE HOWEVER ..........
.......... AND THE CREATURES TAG ALONG. ..........
.........~ ~.........
........~~ AH, ~~........
.......~~= AND THE RAIN. THE RAIN IS WHEN THE =~~.......
......~~=% ABSTRACT WATER GETS SATURATED, TOO MUCH %=~~......
.....~~=%* SUN YOU KNOW, AND GETS SOLIDIFIED, *%=~~.....
....~~=%*§ TURNED INTO REAL WATER. THE FRESHEST §*%=~~....
...~~=%*§# KIND IS THE ONE FROM THE SKIES. #§*%=~~...
..~~=%*§## ##§*%=~~..
.~~=%*§### REAL WATER IS ATTRACTED TO THE EARTH ###§*%=~~.
..~~=%*§## AND THUS IT SOON COMES DOWN TO US, ##§*%=~~..
...~~=%*§# COVERING WHATEVER ENDEAVOURS WE MIGHT #§*%=~~...
....~~=%*§ BE IMMERSED IN IN A SERENE WETNESS, §*%=~~....
.....~~=%* FEEDING OUR SOULS AND SURROUNDINGS. *%=~~.....
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.......~~= =~~.......
........~~ MIST ~~........
.........~ #.#.# ~.........
.......... ..........
.......... SOMETIMES THEY RUN AGROUND... ..........
.......... THE CLOUDS, THAT IS. THEY CAN HANG VERY ..........
.........~ CLOSE TO US SHOULD THEY WANT TO, KEEP ~.........
........~~ US INSIDE. ~~........
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