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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. ##@#%*=~~.
.~~=**%### ###%**=~~.
.~~=*%#@## ==###== ##@#%*=~~.
.~~=*%#@## ##@#%*=~~.
.~~=*%#@## 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. ##@#%*=~~.
.~~=*%#@## ##@#%*=~~.
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.~~=*%#@## # @# . *. =#= ~#~ *~ ##@#%*=~~.
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.~~===%%## @# ... * ##%%===~~.
....~*%%## %%%%%% . .*. ##%%*~....
.~~=*%#@## ~***%%%%% . FOREST . ##@#%*=~~.
.~~=*%#@## ~~******%% . ##@#%*=~~.
.~~=*%#@@# ~====*=**% . #@@#%*=~~.
.~~=*#@### ~==~~*~~ ###@#*=~~.
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