.,~=†¤&###                                          ###&¤†=~,.
..,~=†¤&##                                          ##&¤†=~,..
...,~=†¤&#                                          #&¤†=~,...
....,~=†¤&                                          &¤†=~,....
...,~=†¤&#                                          #&¤†=~,...
..,~=†¤&##               (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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..,~=†¤&##                                          ##&¤†=~,..
.,~=†¤&###                                          ###&¤†=~,.