,,^~**%£@#                                          #@£%**~^,,
,^~**%£@##                                          ##@£%**~^,
,,^~**%£@#                                          #@£%**~^,,
,,,^~**%£@                                          @£%**~^,,,
,,^~**%£@#                                          #@£%**~^,,
,^~**%£@##               (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.         ##@£%**~^,
,,^~**%£@#                                          #@£%**~^,,
,,,^~**%£@                                          @£%**~^,,,
,,^~**%£@#                                          #@£%**~^,,
,^~**%£@##                                          ##@£%**~^,
,,^~**%£@#                                          #@£%**~^,,