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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. -~........
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......~-;% the denser, warmer regions - louder, %;-~......
.....~-;%@ chaotic, dangerous. @%;-~.....
....~-;%@§ toward the poles, silent and still. §@%;-~....
...~-;%@§@ mostly. @§@%;-~...
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....~-;%@§ in places that have seasons §@%;-~....
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......~-;% we would travel for days %;-~......
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........~- 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! @%;-~.....
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...~-;%@§@ you might very well die in here. @§@%;-~...
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.....~-;%@ the same forest, it is said to be @%;-~.....
......~-;% inside it. %;-~......
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........~- 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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