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.,-=†¤&### ¤ 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. ¤¤ ##&¤†=-,..
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..,-=†¤&## ¤¤¤ ¤ 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 - ##&¤†=-,..
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..,-=†¤&## -- 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. -- ##&¤†=-,..
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..,-=†¤&## --- they look like dark birds at first - ##&¤†=-,..
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....,-=†¤& ---- - some practice animal husbandry, . &¤†=-,....
...,-=†¤&# .... especially monkeys and snakes ..... #&¤†=-,...
..,-=†¤&## .......... (for fur or scales, ......... ##&¤†=-,..
.,-=†¤&### ........... or quality of blood). - ---- ###&¤†=-,.
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...,-=†¤&# ---- the floating tree above ........... #&¤†=-,...
....,-=†¤& ......................... venezuela ---- &¤†=-,....
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..,-=†¤&## ----- their claws are long ............. ##&¤†=-,..
.,-=†¤&### and root-like, and trail after them in . ###&¤†=-,.
..,-=†¤&## .......................... flight. ----- ##&¤†=-,..
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....,-=†¤& ------ . various dances performed ...... &¤†=-,....
...,-=†¤&# ............................... . ------ #&¤†=-,...
..,-=†¤&## ---------------------------------------- ##&¤†=-,..
.,-=†¤&### --------- later they will learn how to . ###&¤†=-,.
..,-=†¤&## .. harvest blood from animals (think ... ##&¤†=-,..
...,-=†¤&# ................... mosquito). --------- #&¤†=-,...
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