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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. %% ......,«\§
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,......... ... 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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##£§\«,... .. bird elf hexing you for stepping .... ...,«\§£##
#£§\«,.... ... out of lane in your own garden, .... ....,«\§£#
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§\«,...... ........................ if they can. «« ......,«\§
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«,........ ««« they look like dark birds at first « ........,«
,......... «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««« .........,
.......... «««« « some practice animal husbandry, . ..........
.......... .... especially monkeys and snakes ..... ..........
.......... .......... (for fur or scales, ......... ..........
,......... ........... or quality of blood). « «««« .........,
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\«,....... «««« the floating tree above ........... .......,«\
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§\«,...... .. harvest blood from animals (think ... ......,«\§
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