,,,,,,,,,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,,  % 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). ~~~~~~~~~ ,,,,,:~:%%
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