:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=
/=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=/
§/=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ (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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=
/=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=/
§/=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=/§
§§/=:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:=/§§