....~:§@@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@@§:~....
..~:§%@###  % 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). ~~~~~~~~~ ###@%§:~..
..~:§%@### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###@%§:~..