¨§¨¨¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨§§§
§¨¨§¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§                (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.          ¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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