.~~/*§## ###&§*/~~.
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....~**& #&&**~....
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......~~*& ~//~~*~~ &*~~......
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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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.~~~/*§§§& . # . . §# .~. * . # # ../~#§§## &§§§*/~~~.
....~~/§§& # ## . *. /#/ ~#~ *~ &§§/~~....
.~~/*§## ~#~ ## *~ ./. .~. ~* ###&§*/~~.
.~~/*§## .~. §# .* . *. ###&§*/~~.
.....~/§ §# . * . #&§/~.....
.~~/*§## ## ... * ###&§*/~~.
.~~/*§§§§& §§§§§§ . .*. &§§§§*/~~.
.~~/*§## ~***§§§§§ . FOREST . ###&§*/~~.
.~~/*§## ~~******§§ . ###&§*/~~.
....~/§§&& ~////*/**§ . &&§§/~....
.......~*& ~//~~*~~ &*~.......
.....~~*&& ~~~~~ &&*~~.....
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.~~/*§&# ##&&§*/~~.
.~~/*§## ###&§*/~~.
...~~~**§& &§**~~~...
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..~~~~~~*& &*~~~~~~..