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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. &*»»......
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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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.^»:**%%&@ »***%%%%% . FOREST . @&%%**:»^.
.^»:*%&@@# »»******%% . #@@&%*:»^.
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