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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 %%% ¨¨:~:%%###
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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. %%% ¨¨¨¨¨:~:%%
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##%%:~:¨¨¨ %%%%% % THEY HAVE BUILT THEIR LARGEST ¨¨ ¨¨¨:~:%%##
###%%:~:¨¨ ¨ COLONY IN THE FLOATING TREE OUTSIDE ¨¨ ¨¨:~:%%###
####%%:~:¨ OF VENEZUELA.  ANY  BIRD FROM  ANY HOUSE ¨:~:%%####
###%%:~:¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨IS WELCOME HERE. % %%%%% ¨¨:~:%%###
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#%%:~:¨¨¨¨ %%%%% 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 ~ ¨¨¨:~:%%##
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####%%:~:¨ ~~~~ ~ 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). ~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨:~:%%###
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