,,~-/†$¤@# #@¤$†/-~,,
,~-/†$¤@## ##@¤$†/-~,
,,~-/†$¤@# #@¤$†/-~,,
,,,~-/†$¤@ @¤$†/-~,,,
,,,,~-/†$¤ ¤$†/-~,,,,
,,,,,~-/†$ (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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