,:«/%@####                                          ####@%/«:,
,:«/%@&###                                          ###&@%/«:,
,:«/%@@@##                                          ##@@@%/«:,
,,,:«/%@##                                          ##@%/«:,,,
,,,,,:/@##                                          ##@/:,,,,,
,:«/%@&###                (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.          &&%%%/:,,,
,:«/%&####                                          ####&%/«:,
,:«/%@&###                                          ###&@%/«:,
,::««/@@&&                                          &&@@/««::,
,:«/%@&###                                          ###&@%/«:,
,:«/%@&###                                          ###&@%/«:,