Ack! That's an error. Thank you very much for pointing it out. It should be "are staggered" meaning spread out with an implication of randomness.

Thank you. I try to make my pointless stories pretty since they're just meant to be sort of a literary bit of sesame candy. MMM... I've got to try making my own sometime. The local place puts too much sugar and not enough honey in their version. I love it when the candied honey is barely there just binding together the black sesame.