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...~«^*¤¤@ the  forest is a bunch of collectives of @¤¤*^«~...
..~«^*¤¤@# plants  and animals appearing on many of #@¤¤*^«~..
.~«^*¤¤@##           the earths surfaces.           ##@¤¤*^«~.
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....~«^*¤¤    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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..........                  ^^###^^                 ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... 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               ¤¤*^«~....
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..~«^*¤¤@# a   wind,  cool  and  passing  coherence #@¤¤*^«~..
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..~«^*¤¤@#      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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..........                  ^^###^^                 ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... 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.                ¤¤*^«~....
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..~«^*¤¤@# tales tell  of a mysterious deep forest, #@¤¤*^«~..
.~«^*¤¤@##     a bermuda triangle of the land,      ##@¤¤*^«~.
..~«^*¤¤@# accessible from all forests at  dusk  or #@¤¤*^«~..
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