,:~\=%&@## ##@&%=\~:,
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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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