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........,~      ~%%%$$$$$   .      forest      .    ~,........
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......,~:%         ##      ...                 %    %:~,......
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....,~:%$@  .~.    $@      .%                . %.   @$%:~,....
...,~:%$@#  ~#~    #@       %,   .:.  .~.     ,%    #@$%:~,...
..,~:%$@#@   #     ##   .   %.   :@:  ~#~      %,   @#@$%:~,..
.,~:%$@#@# . # . . $@  .,.  %  .  @    #  ..:,@$$## #@#@$%:~,.
..,~:%$@#@ #$# $#@###$###@##$##$###@# $##@###$###@# @#@$%:~,..
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....,~:%$@  @  @     @    @ @         @      @      @$%:~,....
.....,~:%$  @  @     @    @ @         @      @      $%:~,.....
......,~:%  .  ~     ,    , ~         .      ,      %:~,......
.......,~:                                          :~,.......
........,~ the forest  is a bunch of collectives of ~,........
........., plants and animals appearing on many  of ,.........
..........           the earths surfaces.           ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... the  plants tie a  knot with  and around ..........
..........    themselves, and the creatures nest    ..........
..........                 inside.                  ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... the denser,  warmer  regions  -  louder, ..........
.........,           chaotic, dangerous.            ,.........
........,~ toward  the  poles,  silent  and  still. ~,........
.......,~:                  mostly.                 :~,.......
......,~:%                                          %:~,......
.....,~:%$                  ::@#@::                 $%:~,.....
....,~:%$@                                          @$%:~,....
...,~:%$@# 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               $%:~,.....
......,~:%                                          %:~,......
.......,~: a   wind,  cool  and  passing  coherence :~,.......
........,~                                          ~,........
.........,      a dense and clingy destination      ,.........
..........                                          ..........
..........                  ::@#@::                 ..........
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..........           the ultimate biotope!          ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... you   might  very  well  die  in   here. ..........
..........                                          ..........
.........,                  ::@#@::                 ,.........
........,~                                          ~,........
.......,~: if something, a lake or a creature  or a :~,.......
......,~:% crystal, is surrounded on  all sides  by %:~,......
.....,~:%$ 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, $%:~,.....
......,~:%     a bermuda triangle of the land,      %:~,......
.......,~: accessible  from all forests at  dusk or :~,.......
........,~                  dawn.                   ~,........
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.......... #$# $#@###$###@##$##$###@# $##@###$###@# ..........
.......... . # . . $@  .,.  %  .  @    #  ..:,@$$## ..........
..........   #     ##   .   %.   :@:  ~#~      %,   ..........
.........,  ~#~    #@       %,   .:.  .~.     ,%    ,.........
........,~  .~.    $@      .%                . %.   ~,........
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..,~:%$@#@     ~::::%:%%$                     .     @#@$%:~,..
.,~:%$@#@#      ~::~~%~~                            #@#@$%:~,.
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