¨^~^†%§¶@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%%%§@  % in the end, it's ride or die. join or @§%%%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  get integrated.  %  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§@## ¨¨ %% eventually they lay their eggs, ¨¨ ##@§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§¶@#  ¨ usually in warm, tasty places. it's ¨ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨¨^^^~^%¶¶ ¨¨ bird elf custom to let others deal ¨¨ ¶¶%^~^^^¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†§¶¶ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ with the fallout. %% ¶¶§†~^¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨¨¨^~†††%¶ %%% % before their juice harvesting ¨¨¨¨ ¶%†††~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^†%¶ ¨¨ organs start to cludge, and before ¨¨ ¶%†^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ¨ their wings atrophy, and before their¨ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§@## ¨ tails start to seek the earth... % %%% ##@§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%¶@## %%% these elves have no bell power, the^ ##@¶%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§§§@ ¨¨¨¨¨ fey bells are called by other ¨¨¨¨ @§§§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§@## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ agitators %%% ##@§%†^~^¨
¨¨¨^~^††§@ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% @§††^~^¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶## %%% they feed mostly on plant nectar in¨ ##¶§%†^~^¨
¨¨¨~^†%%%¶ ¨ their first years, relying on rains to ¶%%%†^~¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~^†%§¶ ¨¨¨ filter through the vines of the ¨¨¨¨ ¶§%†^~^¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ island. %%% #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# %%%%% % they have built their largest ¨¨ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%%%¶¶ ¨ colony in the floating tree outside ¨¨ ¶¶%%%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# of venezuela.  any  bird from  any house #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨is welcome here. % %%%%% #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨~††§@ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% @§††~¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# %%%%% there's a desert of fangs to be ¨¨ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^^%¶ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ cast into %%%%% ¶%^^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~††§§§ ~ the largest gathering of such elves ¨¨ §§§††~¨¨¨¨
¨¨^^~†††%¶ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ will be in the floating tree ~ ¶%†††~^^¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%%§¶@ ~~ although you could find a solitary ¨¨ @¶§%%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%%%§§ ¨¨ bird elf hexing you for stepping ¨¨¨¨ §§%%%†^~^¨
¨^~^†††%¶¶ ¨¨¨ out of lane in your own garden, ¨¨¨¨ ¶¶%†††^~^¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨bird elves flock together ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨¨¨¨~~^†§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ if they can. ~~ §§†^~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^^%§§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §§%^^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ~~~ they look like dark birds at first ~ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§§§@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @§§§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%%%¶¶ ~~~~ ~ some practice animal husbandry, ¨ ¶¶%%%†^~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§ ¨¨¨¨ especially monkeys and snakes ¨¨¨¨¨ §†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (for fur or scales, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨¨¨~~~††§¶ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ or quality of blood). ~ ~~~~ ¶§††~~~¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶@@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^^~^^†††§ ~~~~ the floating tree above ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §†††^^~^^¨
¨¨¨¨^^†%§¶ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ venezuela ~~~~ ¶§%†^^¨¨¨¨
¨¨^~^^†%§@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @§%†^^~^¨¨
¨^^^^^^^%§ ~~~~~ their claws are long ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §%^^^^^^^¨
¨¨¨¨¨~††%¶ and root-like, and trail after them in ¨ ¶%††~¨¨¨¨¨
¨^^~~^†%§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ flight. ~~~~~ §§%†^~~^^¨
¨¨¨^~†%%§¶ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¶§%%†~^¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶## ~~~~~~ ¨ various dances performed ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ##¶§%†^~^¨
¨¨^^~~†%§@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ~~~~~~ @§%†~~^^¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^†§¶ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¶§†^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†%§¶@# ~~~~~~~~~ later they will learn how to ¨ #@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§¶@@ ¨¨ harvest blood from animals (think ¨¨¨ @@¶§%†^~^¨
¨^~^†%§§¶@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ mosquito). ~~~~~~~~~ @¶§§%†^~^¨
¨¨¨^^~^†%§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §%†^~^^¨¨¨