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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. ;~:.......
........:~ ~:........
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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. ;~:.......
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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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