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