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.....^~**% ^ ^ %**~^.....
....^~**%& . RAIN . &%**~^....
...^~**% ^ ^ #&%**~^...
..^~**%# #%**~^..^~**%# ##&%**~^..
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..^~**%# ##&%**~^..
...^~**% WHAT #&%**~^...
....^~**%& #.#.# &%**~^....
.....^~**% %**~^.....
......^~** WATER, BASICALLY, IN VARIOUS FALLING OR **~^......
.......^~* HOVERING FORMS, MAYBE ALSO WHEN IT HAS *~^.......
......^~** LANDED I GUESS **~^......
.....^~**% %**~^.....
....^~**%& &%**~^....
...^~**% WHERE DOES IT GO #&%**~^...
..^~**%# #.#.#.#.#.#.#.#.# ##&%**~^..
.^~**%## ###&%**~^.
..^~**%# 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. ##&%**~^..
.^~**%## ###&%**~^.
..^~**%# ##&%**~^..
...^~**% 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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