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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. %% ¨.~/†%%&##
##&%%†/~.¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨.~/†%%&##
#%///.¨¨¨¨ %%% % BEFORE THEIR JUICE HARVESTING ¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.///%#
&&&†/.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ ORGANS START TO CLUDGE, AND BEFORE ¨¨ ¨¨¨¨./†&&&
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##&†~~..¨¨ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ¨¨..~~†&##
&†//~.¨¨¨¨ %%% THESE ELVES HAVE NO BELL POWER, THE. ¨¨¨¨.~//†&
###&%†/~.¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ FEY BELLS ARE CALLED BY OTHER ¨¨¨¨ ¨.~/†%&###
###&%†/~.¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ AGITATORS %%% ¨.~/†%&###
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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 ¨¨ ¨.~/†%&###
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&&†//....¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨....//†&&
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##&%†/~..¨ ¨¨ 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, ¨ ¨.~/†%&&##
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###&%†/~.¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (FOR FUR OR SCALES, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨.~/†%&###
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###&%†/~.¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨.~/†%&###
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##&†/~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ VENEZUELA ~~~~ ¨¨¨¨~/†&##
###&%†/~.¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨.~/†%&###
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###&%†/~.¨ AND ROOT-LIKE, AND TRAIL AFTER THEM IN ¨ ¨.~/†%&###
###&%†/~.¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FLIGHT. ~~~~~ ¨.~/†%&###
###&%†/~.¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨.~/†%&###
&&&†††/~.¨ ~~~~~~ ¨ VARIOUS DANCES PERFORMED ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨.~/†††&&&
###&%†/~.¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ~~~~~~ ¨.~/†%&###
&&&%//~¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨~//%&&&
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