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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 @@#£*%\~~,
,~~\%*£#@# #@#£*%\~~,
,,,,,,~\%£ £%\~,,,,,,
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,~~\%*£#@# ,~~\~~, 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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