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...^~†§§£# . usually in warm, tasty places. it's .  #£§§†~^...
..^~†§§£## .. bird elf custom to let others deal .. ##£§§†~^..
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...^~†§§£# §§§ § before their juice harvesting .... #£§§†~^...
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.....^~†§§ . 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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......^~†§ . colony in the floating tree outside .. §†~^......
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....^~†§§£ ................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 ... †~^.......
........^~ ................... mosquito). ~~~~~~~~~ ~^........
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