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Nature's first fountain pens, still attached to indignant porcupines.

means Stiff hollow shafts of a feather, or a porcupine's barbed defensive spines, both repurposable for writing.

from From Middle Low German quiele, meaning a reed or hollow stalkfitting, since the writing kind were just bird feathers with attitude and a sharp tip.

Goose preferredLeft-wing feathers suited right-handed scribes best.
Barbed realityPorcupine quills have backward microscopic hooks for unpleasant removal.
Constitution materialAmerica's founding documents were signed with sharpened feathers.
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