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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. %% ...-*†%@##
###@%†*-.. ---------------------------------------- ..-*†%@###
####@%†*-. %%% % 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. -- .-*†%@####
###@%†*-.. ---------------------------------------- ..-*†%@###
##@%†*-... --- 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 ---- ...-*†%@##
###@%†*-.. ---------------------------------------- ..-*†%@###
####@%†*-. ----- THEIR CLAWS ARE LONG ............. .-*†%@####
###@%†*-.. AND ROOT-LIKE, AND TRAIL AFTER THEM IN . ..-*†%@###
##@%†*-... .......................... FLIGHT. ----- ...-*†%@##
###@%†*-.. ---------------------------------------- ..-*†%@###
####@%†*-. ------ . VARIOUS DANCES PERFORMED ...... .-*†%@####
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###@%†*-.. --------- LATER THEY WILL LEARN HOW TO . ..-*†%@###
####@%†*-. .. HARVEST BLOOD FROM ANIMALS (THINK ... .-*†%@####
###@%†*-.. ................... MOSQUITO). --------- ..-*†%@###
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