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.....~==@@ THE FOREST IS A BUNCH OF COLLECTIVES OF @@==~.....
.^~;=&@@## PLANTS AND ANIMALS APPEARING ON MANY OF ##@@&=;~^.
.^~;=&@@## THE EARTHS SURFACES. ##@@&=;~^.
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....^;==@@ THE PLANTS TIE A KNOT WITH AND AROUND @@==;^....
.^~;=@@### THEMSELVES, AND THE CREATURES NEST ###@@=;~^.
.^~;=&@@@# INSIDE. #@@@&=;~^.
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.^~;=&@@## THE DENSER, WARMER REGIONS - LOUDER, ##@@&=;~^.
.^~;=&@### CHAOTIC, DANGEROUS. ###@&=;~^.
...^^^~=@@ TOWARD THE POLES, SILENT AND STILL. @@=~^^^...
.^~;=&@@## MOSTLY. ##@@&=;~^.
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.....~=&@# THE COLORS WILL CHANGE WITH THE SEASONS #@&=~.....
.^~~~;;&@@ IN PLACES THAT HAVE SEASONS @@&;;~~~^.
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.^~;=&@@## WE WOULD TRAVEL FOR DAYS ##@@&=;~^.
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.......~=@ THERE CAN BE ROADS BUT THE FOREST IS @=~.......
....^~;;&@ THE ANTI-ROAD @&;;~^....
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.^~;&@@### A WIND, COOL AND PASSING COHERENCE ###@@&;~^.
.^~;=&@@## ##@@&=;~^.
...^~;=@@@ A DENSE AND CLINGY DESTINATION @@@=;~^...
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.^~;=&@@## ;;###;; ##@@&=;~^.
.^~;=&@@## ##@@&=;~^.
.^~;=&@@## THE ULTIMATE BIOTOPE! ##@@&=;~^.
.^~;=&@@## ##@@&=;~^.
.^~;=&@@## YOU MIGHT VERY WELL DIE IN HERE. ##@@&=;~^.
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....^~;=@@ IF SOMETHING, A LAKE OR A CREATURE OR A @@=;~^....
...^~~~==@ CRYSTAL, IS SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY @==~~~^...
.^~;=&@@## THE SAME FOREST, IT IS SAID TO BE ##@@&=;~^.
.^~;=&@@## INSIDE IT. ##@@&=;~^.
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.^~;&@@### SOME FORESTS ARE OLDER THAN MAN, BUT ###@@&;~^.
.^~;=&@@## MANY ARE YOUNGER, ARTIFICIAL ONES, ##@@&=;~^.
...^~~;=&@ WHERE THE TREES ARE PLANTED TO BE @&=;~~^...
.^~;=&@@## HARVESTED. ##@@&=;~^.
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.^~;=&&@@# TALES TELL OF A MYSTERIOUS DEEP FOREST, #@@&&=;~^.
.^~;=&@### A BERMUDA TRIANGLE OF THE LAND, ###@&=;~^.
......^;=@ ACCESSIBLE FROM ALL FORESTS AT DUSK OR @=;^......
......~==@ DAWN. @==~......
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