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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. @#**\~^...
..^~\**#@@ @@#**\~^..
.^~\**#@@# 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 #@@#**\~^.
..^~\**#@@ @@#**\~^..
...^~\**#@ 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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