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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. ¤¤ ..........
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........~: ¤¤¤ ¤ 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 ~ #¤¤†:~....
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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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