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##@@%*:~-¨ ~***%%%%% ¨ FOREST ¨ ¨-~:*%@@##
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#@@%*:~-¨¨ ¨¨-~:*%@@#
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@%*:~-¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨-~:*%@@#
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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 ¨¨-~:*%@@#
##@@%*:~-¨ ¨-~:*%@@##
#@@%*:~-¨¨ A WIND, COOL AND PASSING COHERENCE ¨¨-~:*%@@#
@@%*:~-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-~:*%@@
@%*:~-¨¨¨¨ A DENSE AND CLINGY DESTINATION ¨¨¨¨-~:*%@
%*:~-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-~:*%
*:~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ::@#@:: ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~:*
:~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~:
*:~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE ULTIMATE BIOTOPE! ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~:*
%*:~-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-~:*%
@%*:~-¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨-~:*%@@#
@@%*:~-¨¨¨ DAWN. ¨¨¨-~:*%@@
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