#@@§*=*~:¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨:~*=*§@@#
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#@@§*=*~:¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  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, ¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=§
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#@@§*=*~:¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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). ~ ~~~~ ¨¨¨:~~~==§
#@@§*=*~:¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨:~*=*§@@#
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##@§*=*~:¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ VENEZUELA ~~~~ ¨:~*=*§@##
§§====*~:¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨:~*====§§
##@@§=*~:¨ ~~~~~ THEIR CLAWS ARE LONG ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨:~*=§@@##
##@@§=*~:¨ AND ROOT-LIKE, AND TRAIL AFTER THEM IN ¨ ¨:~*=§@@##
##@@*=*~:¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FLIGHT. ~~~~~ ¨:~*=*@@##
§§=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=§§
#@@§*=*~:¨ ~~~~~~ ¨ VARIOUS DANCES PERFORMED ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨:~*=*§@@#
@****~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨~****@
@@@§*=*~:¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨:~*=*§@@@
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##@@*=*~:¨ ¨¨ HARVEST BLOOD FROM ANIMALS (THINK ¨¨¨ ¨:~*=*@@##
@@@§*=*~:¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MOSQUITO). ~~~~~~~~~ ¨:~*=*§@@@
@@@§*=*~:¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨:~*=*§@@@