.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
...::::*##                                          ##*::::...
...::~:$*#                                          #*$:~::...
.:~:*#####                                          #####*:~:.
..::::$**#       ~~~~~                              #**$::::..
...:::$###      ~::~~$~~                            ###$:::...
.....~::*#     ~::::$:$$*                     .     #*::~.....
....:~:*##     ~~$$$$$$**                      .    ##*:~:....
.:~:$*####      ~$$$*****   .      FOREST      .    ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####       ******     .                 .$.   ####*$:~:.
....::$$*#         ##      ...                 $    #*$$::....
.:~:$*####         *#       .                  $ .  ####*$:~:.
...:~~~:$#  .~.    *#      .$                . $.   #$:~~~:...
.:~:$*####  ~#~    ##       $:   .:.  .~.     :$    ####*$:~:.
.:~:::$$$#   #     ##   .   $.   :#:  ~#~      $:   #$$$:::~:.
.:~:*##### . # . . *#  .:.  $  .  #    #  ..::#**## #####*:~:.
.::~~:*### #*# *#####*######*##*##### *######*##### ###*:~~::.
.:~:$*#### ######################################## ####*$:~:.
.:~:$#####  #  #     #    # #         #      #      #####$:~:.
...:~:*###  #  #     #    # #         #      #      ###*:~:...
.:~:$*####  .  ~     :    : ~         .      :      ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*#### THE FOREST IS A BUNCH OF COLLECTIVES  OF ####*$:~:.
..:::::**# 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.                 #*:::.....
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                 ::###::                  ####*$:~:.
.:~~~~:$##                                          ##$:~~~~:.
...:~:*### 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 #####*:~:.
.:~:$*####               THE ANTI-ROAD              ####*$:~:.
.....::*##                                          ##*::.....
.:~:$*#### A  WIND,   COOL  AND  PASSING  COHERENCE ####*$:~:.
.:~:$**###                                          ###**$:~:.
.:~:$*####      A DENSE AND CLINGY DESTINATION      ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.....~~$*#                 ::###::                  #*$~~.....
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####           THE ULTIMATE BIOTOPE!          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*#### YOU   MIGHT   VERY  WELL  DIE  IN  HERE. ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
....~$$$##                 ::###::                  ##$$$~....
.:~:$$$###                                          ###$$$:~:.
.....:~$$# IF  SOMETHING, A LAKE OR A CREATURE OR A #$$~:.....
.:~:$*#### CRYSTAL, IS SURROUNDED ON  ALL  SIDES BY ####*$:~:.
.......~$# THE  SAME  FOREST,  IT  IS  SAID  TO  BE #$~.......
.:~:$****#                INSIDE IT.                #****$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*#### SOME  FORESTS ARE  OLDER  THAN MAN,  BUT ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####    MANY ARE YOUNGER, ARTIFICIAL ONES,    ####*$:~:.
.....~~:$# WHERE  THE  TREES  ARE   PLANTED  TO  BE #$:~~.....
.:~:$*####                HARVESTED.                ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*#### TALES TELL OF A  MYSTERIOUS DEEP FOREST, ####*$:~:.
.::::$$**#      A BERMUDA TRIANGLE OF THE LAND,     #**$$::::.
.:~:$*#### ACCESSIBLE FROM  ALL FORESTS AT  DUSK OR ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                   DAWN.                  ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####  .  ~     :    : ~         .      :      ####*$:~:.
.:~:$$***#  #  #     #    # #         #      #      #***$$:~:.
.:~:$*####  #  #     #    # #         #      #      ####*$:~:.
...~::*### ######################################## ###*::~...
.:~:$*#### #*# *#####*######*##*##### *######*##### ####*$:~:.
....:~$*## . # . . *#  .:.  $  .  #    #  ..::#**## ##*$~:....
..::~$$**#   #     ##   .   $.   :#:  ~#~      $:   #**$$~::..
......~$$#  ~#~    ##       $:   .:.  .~.     :$    #$$~......
.:~:$*####  .~.    *#      .$                . $.   ####*$:~:.
..::~:**##         *#       .                  $ .  ##**:~::..
.:~::$$$##         ##      ...                 $    ##$$$::~:.
.:~:$*####       ******     .                 .$.   ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####      ~$$$*****   .      FOREST      .    ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####     ~~$$$$$$**                      .    ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####     ~::::$:$$*                     .     ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####      ~::~~$~~                            ####*$:~:.
....::$*##       ~~~~~                              ##*$::....
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.....~:*##                                          ##*:~.....
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$$*###                                          ###*$$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.
.:~:$*####                                          ####*$:~:.