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###&&$:«,¨       «« a looming green blimp ««        ¨,«:$&&###
&&:,,,,¨¨¨         ««« a hovering swamp «««         ¨¨¨,,,,:&&
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###&&$:«,¨       « « « « floating tree « « « «      ¨,«:$&&###
##&&&$:«,¨        &$ ::  «««      «««  :: &$        ¨,«:$&&&##
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###&&$:«,¨               home planet                ¨,«:$&&###
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###&&$:«,¨              the bird elves              ¨,«:$&&###
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&&&$««¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨««$&&&
#&&$$::«,¨  a great fluffy silhouette against the   ¨,«::$$&&#
###&&$:«,¨  orange sunrise. it's the floating tree, ¨,«:$&&###
###&&$:«,¨ suspended over the forests of venezuela. ¨,«:$&&###
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###&&$:«,¨    something swarming around it - bird   ¨,«:$&&###
###&&$:«,¨ elves. they like the landbridgelessness. ¨,«:$&&###
###&&$:«,¨         this shit is unconnected.        ¨,«:$&&###
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#&$««««¨¨¨  it's the mothership - the elves launch  ¨¨¨««««$&#
###&&$:«,¨  from here, the ratsonas spawn here (in  ¨,«:$&&###
###&&$:«,¨  seclusion), most orange juice is made   ¨,«:$&&###
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###&&$:«,¨          half of the leaves are          ¨,«:$&&###
#&&$$$:«,¨   astral projections... vines growing    ¨,«:$$$&&#
###&&$:«,¨     wildly, untethered by the wind...    ¨,«:$&&###
##&$$::«,¨  dreamroot poisoning the air (of course  ¨,«::$$&##
&&$«,¨¨¨¨¨  the non-elf inhabitants are waned « an  ¨¨¨¨¨,«$&&
###&&$:«,¨  addiction they will never beat « or in  ¨,«:$&&###
###&&$:«,¨            rare cases immune)            ¨,«:$&&###
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