....-=†&&@ ---------------------------------------- @&&†=-....
..,--=††§@ § 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). --------- ##@&§†=-,.
.,-=†§&@## ---------------------------------------- ##@&§†=-,.