#..#...#..                                          ...#.#.#.#
##..#...#.                                          .........#
.##..#...#                                          #........#
.###..#...                                          .#........
.#.##..#..                                          ..#.......
...###..#.       ~~~~~                              ...#......
...#.##..#      ~\\~~%~~                            ....#.....
.....###..     ~\\\\%\%%%                     .     .....#....
.....#.##.     ~~%%%%%%%%                      .    #.....#...
.......###      ~%%%%%%%%   .      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      .    #.##....#.
....###...     ~~%%%%%%%%                      .    ..###....#
#...#.##..     ~\\\\%\%%%                     .     ..#.##....
.#....###.      ~\\~~%~~                            ....###...
..#...#.##       ~~~~~                              ....#.##..
...#....##                                          ......###.
....#...#.                                          ......#.##
#....#....                                          ........##
##....#...                                          ........#.
###....#..                                          ..........
#.##....#.                                          #.........