§*†~^¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨^~†*§
*†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†*
†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨               (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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