,,,,=\*%§# ======================================== #§%*\=,,,,
,,,,,=\*%§  % 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 %%% ##§%*\=,,,
,,,,=\*%§# %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #§%*\=,,,,
,,,,,=\*%§ %%% 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. == #§%*\=,,,,
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,,=\*%§### === they look like dark birds at first = ###§%*\=,,
,,,=\*%§## ======================================== ##§%*\=,,,
,,,,=\*%§# ==== = 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. ===== %*\=,,,,,,
,,,,,=\*%§ ======================================== §%*\=,,,,,
,,,,=\*%§# ====== , various dances performed ,,,,,, #§%*\=,,,,
,,,=\*%§## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ====== ##§%*\=,,,
,,=\*%§### ======================================== ###§%*\=,,
,,,=\*%§## ========= later they will learn how to , ##§%*\=,,,
,,,,=\*%§# ,, harvest blood from animals (think ,,, #§%*\=,,,,
,,,,,=\*%§ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, mosquito). ========= §%*\=,,,,,
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