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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... § §§§ &§=†~:....
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..:~†=§&## §§§ These Elves Have No Bell Power, The: ##&§=†~:..
.:~†=§&### ..... Fey bells Are Called By Other .... ###&§=†~:.
..:~†=§&## .......................... Agitators §§§ ##&§=†~:..
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....:~†=§& §§§ 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 ...... #&§=†~:...
..:~†=§&## ............................... . ~~~~~~ ##&§=†~:..
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..:~†=§&## ~~~~~~~~~ Later They Will Learn How To . ##&§=†~:..
...:~†=§&# .. Harvest Blood From Animals (Think ... #&§=†~:...
....:~†=§& ................... Mosquito). ~~~~~~~~~ &§=†~:....
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