##@§&%:~.¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨.~:%&§@##
#@@§&%:~.¨  & 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). ~~~~~~~~~ ¨.~:%&@###
##@§&%:~.¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨.~:%&§@##