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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. #@&%^;~~..
...~~;^%&@ @&%^;~~...
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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. ~.........
.......... ..........
.........~ 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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