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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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§$=-^..... THE  PLANTS TIE A  KNOT  WITH AND AROUND .....^-=$§
$=-^......    THEMSELVES, AND THE CREATURES NEST    ......^-=$
=-^.......                 INSIDE.                  .......^-=
-^........                                          ........^-
^......... THE  DENSER,  WARMER REGIONS  -  LOUDER, .........^
..........            CHAOTIC, DANGEROUS.           ..........
.......... TOWARD  THE  POLES,  SILENT  AND  STILL. ..........
..........                 MOSTLY.                  ..........
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..........                 ::@#@::                  ..........
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-^........ THE COLORS WILL  CHANGE WITH THE SEASONS ........^-
=-^.......        IN PLACES THAT HAVE SEASONS       .......^-=
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§$=-^.....         WE WOULD TRAVEL FOR DAYS         .....^-=$§
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@¶§$=-^... THERE  CAN  BE  ROADS  BUT THE FOREST IS ...^-=$§¶@
#@¶§$=-^..               THE ANTI-ROAD              ..^-=$§¶@#
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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.                .......^-=
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@¶§$=-^... WHERE   THE  TREES  ARE  PLANTED  TO  BE ...^-=$§¶@
#@¶§$=-^..                HARVESTED.                ..^-=$§¶@#
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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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