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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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,,-/*%#¶## %%% % before their juice harvesting ,,,, ##¶#%*/-,,
,,-/*%#¶## ,, organs start to cludge, and before ,, ##¶#%*/-,,
,,-/*%#¶## , their wings atrophy, and before their, ##¶#%*/-,,
,,-/*%#¶## , tails start to seek the earth... % %%% ##¶#%*/-,,
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,,-/*%#¶## %%% these elves have no bell power, the, ##¶#%*/-,,
,-/*%#¶### ,,,,, fey bells are called by other ,,,, ###¶#%*/-,
,-/*%#¶### ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, agitators %%% ###¶#%*/-,
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,,-/*%##¶# %%% they feed mostly on plant nectar in, #¶##%*/-,,
,,-/*%#¶## , their first years, relying on rains to ##¶#%*/-,,
,,-/*%#¶## ,,, 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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,,-/*%#¶## %%%%% there's a desert of fangs to be ,, ##¶#%*/-,,
,,-/*%#¶## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cast into %%%%% ##¶#%*/-,,
,,,,,,,/%# - the largest gathering of such elves ,, #%/,,,,,,,
,,-/*%#¶¶# ,,,,,,,,, will be in the floating tree - #¶¶#%*/-,,
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,,-/*%#¶¶¶ -- 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. -- ##*/--,,,,
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,,,,,,/%%¶ --- they look like dark birds at first - ¶%%/,,,,,,
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,,,,-/*%%# ---- - some practice animal husbandry, , #%%*/-,,,,
,,-*%#¶### ,,,, especially monkeys and snakes ,,,,, ###¶#%*-,,
,,-/*%¶### ,,,,,,,,,, (for fur or scales, ,,,,,,,,, ###¶%*/-,,
,,-///%### ,,,,,,,,,,, or quality of blood). - ---- ###%///-,,
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,,---//%#¶ ---- the floating tree above ,,,,,,,,,,, ¶#%//---,,
,,-/*%#¶## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, venezuela ---- ##¶#%*/-,,
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,,-/*%#¶## ----- their claws are long ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ##¶#%*/-,,
,,,,////%¶ and root-like, and trail after them in , ¶%////,,,,
,,-/*%#¶## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, flight. ----- ##¶#%*/-,,
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,,-/*%#¶## ------ , various dances performed ,,,,,, ##¶#%*/-,,
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,,,,,-/%%# --------- later they will learn how to , #%%/-,,,,,
,,,,,/***# ,, harvest blood from animals (think ,,, #***/,,,,,
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