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..........        # & * ~ .        . ~ * & #        ..........
.........,       # £ @ ^ ,          , ^ @ £ #       ,.........
........,~        # & * ~  wetlands  ~ * & #        ~,........
.......,~^       # £ @ ^ ,          , ^ @ £ #       ^~,.......
......,~^*        # & * ~ .        . ~ * & #        *^~,......
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...,~^*@&# the  sea  pretends  to be  a  completely #&@*^~,...
..,~^*@&## flat  surface  spanning further than the ##&@*^~,..
.,~^*@&### thought of it, which  is partially true. ###&@*^~,.
..,~^*@&## but  outside of  a  map  it is decidedly ##&@*^~,..
...,~^*@&# more  violent,  being made  up  of  vast #&@*^~,...
....,~^*@&    amounts of purposeful water, moving   &@*^~,....
.....,~^*@    toward some secluded but important    @*^~,.....
......,~^*                 destiny.                 *^~,......
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........,~ a  permanent procession on  land  floods ~,........
........., the  earth,  weathers  the forests,  and ,.........
.......... slowly submerges  the green. but another ..........
.......... expanse   is  taking   place,   in   the ..........
.......... opposite  direction  -  the animals that ..........
.......... inhabit  the  dirt  are  building  paths ..........
..........    elevated above the mires, building    ..........
........., temples  at the  waters  edge,  building ,.........
........,~         dwellings in the reed...         ~,........
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