.¤..¤¤.¤¤. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¤...¤¤.¤.¤
¤¤.¤.¤¤.¤¤ % 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). ~~~~~~~~~ ¤¤.¤¤.¤...
¤¤.¤¤..¤.¤ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .¤¤.¤¤¤...