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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 ##&^=-....
.....-=^ #&^=-.....
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........-= 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. ##&^=-....
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..-=^### 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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