.......=*#                                          #*=.......
.~=†*%#¶¶@                                          @¶¶#%*†=~.
..~~~††%¶@                                          @¶%††~~~..
..~==†††%¶                                          ¶%†††==~..
.~=†*%##¶¶                                          ¶¶##%*†=~.
......=*#@       =====                              @#*=......
.~=†*%#¶@@      =††==*==                            @@¶#%*†=~.
.~=†*%#¶@@     =††††*†**%                     .     @@¶#%*†=~.
.~=†*%#¶@#     ==******%%                      .    #@¶#%*†=~.
......=*%#      =***%%%%%   .      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      .    ##@¶%*†=~.
....~†**%#     ==******%%                      .    #%**†~....
.~=†*%#¶@#     =††††*†**%                     .     #@¶#%*†=~.
.~=†*%#¶@#      =††==*==                            #@¶#%*†=~.
.~=†*%#¶@#       =====                              #@¶#%*†=~.
.~=†*%#¶@@                                          @@¶#%*†=~.
.....~=*%¶                                          ¶%*=~.....
.~=†*%%%##                                          ##%%%*†=~.
.~=†**%%¶@                                          @¶%%**†=~.
......==*#                                          #*==......
.~=†**%##@                                          @##%**†=~.