¨.~=*%¤@## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##@¤%*=~.¨
¨¨.~=*%¤@# % 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). ~~~~~~~~~ #@¤%*=~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~=*%¤@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @¤%*=~.¨¨¨