......:~\% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %\~:......
.....:~\%% % 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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