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,,,:~^*%@# ~~~~~ #@%*^~:,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ ~^^~~*~~ @%*^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^*% ~^^^^*^**% , %*^~:,,,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ ~~******%% , @%*^~:,,,,
,,,:~^*%@# ~***%%%%% , FOREST , #@%*^~:,,,
,,:~^*%@## %%%%%% , ,*, ##@%*^~:,,
,:~^*%@### @# ,,, * ###@%*^~:,
,,:~^*%@## %# , * , ##@%*^~:,,
,,,:~^*%@# ,~, %# ,* , *, #@%*^~:,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ ~#~ @# *: ,^, ,~, :* @%*^~:,,,,
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,:~^*%@### # # # # # # # ###@%*^~:,
,,:~^*%@## # # # # # # # ##@%*^~:,,
,,,:~^*%@# , ~ : : ~ , : #@%*^~:,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ @%*^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^*% THE FOREST IS A BUNCH OF COLLECTIVES OF %*^~:,,,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ PLANTS AND ANIMALS APPEARING ON MANY OF @%*^~:,,,,
,,,:~^*%@# THE EARTHS SURFACES. #@%*^~:,,,
,,:~^*%@## ##@%*^~:,,
,:~^*%@### THE PLANTS TIE A KNOT WITH AND AROUND ###@%*^~:,
,,:~^*%@## THEMSELVES, AND THE CREATURES NEST ##@%*^~:,,
,,,:~^*%@# INSIDE. #@%*^~:,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ @%*^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^*% THE DENSER, WARMER REGIONS - LOUDER, %*^~:,,,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ CHAOTIC, DANGEROUS. @%*^~:,,,,
,,,:~^*%@# TOWARD THE POLES, SILENT AND STILL. #@%*^~:,,,
,,:~^*%@## MOSTLY. ##@%*^~:,,
,:~^*%@### ###@%*^~:,
,,:~^*%@## ^^###^^ ##@%*^~:,,
,,,:~^*%@# #@%*^~:,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ THE COLORS WILL CHANGE WITH THE SEASONS @%*^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^*% IN PLACES THAT HAVE SEASONS %*^~:,,,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ @%*^~:,,,,
,,,:~^*%@# WE WOULD TRAVEL FOR DAYS #@%*^~:,,,
,,:~^*%@## ##@%*^~:,,
,:~^*%@### THERE CAN BE ROADS BUT THE FOREST IS ###@%*^~:,
,,:~^*%@## THE ANTI-ROAD ##@%*^~:,,
,,,:~^*%@# #@%*^~:,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ A WIND, COOL AND PASSING COHERENCE @%*^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^*% %*^~:,,,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ A DENSE AND CLINGY DESTINATION @%*^~:,,,,
,,,:~^*%@# #@%*^~:,,,
,,:~^*%@## ^^###^^ ##@%*^~:,,
,:~^*%@### ###@%*^~:,
,,:~^*%@## THE ULTIMATE BIOTOPE! ##@%*^~:,,
,,,:~^*%@# #@%*^~:,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ YOU MIGHT VERY WELL DIE IN HERE. @%*^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^*% %*^~:,,,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ ^^###^^ @%*^~:,,,,
,,,:~^*%@# #@%*^~:,,,
,,:~^*%@## 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. #@%*^~:,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ @%*^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^*% SOME FORESTS ARE OLDER THAN MAN, BUT %*^~:,,,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ MANY ARE YOUNGER, ARTIFICIAL ONES, @%*^~:,,,,
,,,:~^*%@# WHERE THE TREES ARE PLANTED TO BE #@%*^~:,,,
,,:~^*%@## HARVESTED. ##@%*^~:,,
,:~^*%@### ###@%*^~:,
,,:~^*%@## 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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,,:~^*%@## %# , * , ##@%*^~:,,
,:~^*%@### @# ,,, * ###@%*^~:,
,,:~^*%@## %%%%%% , ,*, ##@%*^~:,,
,,,:~^*%@# ~***%%%%% , FOREST , #@%*^~:,,,
,,,,:~^*%@ ~~******%% , @%*^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^*% ~^^^^*^**% , %*^~:,,,,,
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