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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... % %%% ,,,,,,,,~:
~,,,,,,,,, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,, %%% 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. % %%%%% ,,,,~:%%&#
##&%%:~,,, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ,,,~:%%&##
###&%%:~,, %%%%% THERE'S A DESERT OF FANGS TO BE ,, ,,~:%%&###
##&%%:~,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, CAST INTO %%%%% ,,,~:%%&##
#&%%:~,,,, ~ THE LARGEST GATHERING OF SUCH ELVES ,, ,,,,~:%%&#
&%%:~,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, WILL BE IN THE FLOATING TREE ~ ,,,,,~:%%&
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%:~,,,,,,, ~~ 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). ~~~~~~~~~ ,,,,,,,,,,
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