,,,:=\*%#@ ======================================== @#%*\=:,,,
,,,,:=\*%#  % 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). ========= @@#%*\=:,,
,:=\*%#@@# ======================================== #@@#%*\=:,