####%†=:.. ======================================== ..:=†%####
###%†=:... % 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). ========= ...:=†%###
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