,,~\%*#### ####*%\~,,
,,,~\%*### ###*%\~,,,
,,,,~\%*## ##*%\~,,,,
,,,,,~\%*# #*%\~,,,,,
,,,,~\%*## ##*%\~,,,,
,,,~\%*### (equisetum) ###*%\~,,,
,,~\%*#### ####*%\~,,
,,,~\%*### ###*%\~,,,
,,,,~\%*## ##*%\~,,,,
,,,,,~\%*# ,,~\~,, the plant ,,~\~,, #*%\~,,,,,
,,,,~\%*## ##*%\~,,,,
,,,~\%*### the equisetum is a plant much older ###*%\~,,,
,,~\%*#### than ferns, which are in turn much ####*%\~,,
,,,~\%*### older than most trees. it's light green ###*%\~,,,
,,,,~\%*## to yellow in color and is slightly ##*%\~,,,,
,,,,,~\%*# transparent. #*%\~,,,,,
,,,,~\%*## ##*%\~,,,,
,,,~\%*### the plant has a spine. each vertebra is ###*%\~,,,
,,~\%*#### stacked upon the next, with spokelike ####*%\~,,
,,,~\%*### ribs radiating outward. even so, it's ###*%\~,,,
,,,,~\%*## very light, being hollow. it's roughly ##*%\~,,,,
,,,,,~\%*# the height of a foxes tail, and shares #*%\~,,,,,
,,,,~\%*## a similar plumage. ##*%\~,,,,
,,,~\%*### ###*%\~,,,
,,~\%*#### it likes partial shade and very damp ####*%\~,,
,,,~\%*### areas ###*%\~,,,
,,,,~\%*## ##*%\~,,,,
,,,,,~\%*# #*%\~,,,,,
,,,,~\%*## ##*%\~,,,,
,,,~\%*### ,,~\~,, in magic ,,~\~,, ###*%\~,,,
,,~\%*#### ####*%\~,,
,,,~\%*### when a colony numbers high enough, it ###*%\~,,,
,,,,~\%*## slices the air in the forest into ##*%\~,,,,
,,,,,~\%*# separate planes, a few centimeters in #*%\~,,,,,
,,,,~\%*## height. time can get diffracted in ##*%\~,,,,
,,,~\%*### these, hitting each in turn in a ###*%\~,,,
,,~\%*#### slightly different angle, and ####*%\~,,
,,,~\%*### eventually spread thin. ###*%\~,,,
,,,,~\%*## ##*%\~,,,,
,,,,,~\%*# #*%\~,,,,,
,,,,~\%*## ##*%\~,,,,
,,,~\%*### ###*%\~,,,
,,~\%*#### ####*%\~,,