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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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....,-^%$# THE  PLANTS  TIE A KNOT WITH  AND AROUND #$%^-,....
...,-^%$##    THEMSELVES, AND THE CREATURES NEST    ##$%^-,...
..,-^%$###                  INSIDE.                 ###$%^-,..
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..,-^%$### THE  DENSER, WARMER  REGIONS  -  LOUDER, ###$%^-,..
...,-^%$##            CHAOTIC, DANGEROUS.           ##$%^-,...
....,-^%$# TOWARD  THE  POLES,  SILENT  AND  STILL. #$%^-,....
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....,-^%$#        IN PLACES THAT HAVE SEASONS       #$%^-,....
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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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...,-^%$## IF SOMETHING, A LAKE OR A CREATURE  OR A ##$%^-,...
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...,-^%$##    MANY ARE YOUNGER, ARTIFICIAL ONES,    ##$%^-,...
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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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