^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ % 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 ~ ¨¨¨:~^%%@@
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%%^~:¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~ ~ SOME PRACTICE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:~^%%
%^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨ ESPECIALLY MONKEYS AND SNAKES ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^%
^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (FOR FUR OR SCALES, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ OR QUALITY OF BLOOD). ~ ~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^
%^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~ THE FLOATING TREE ABOVE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^%
%%^~:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ VENEZUELA ~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨:~^%%
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@@%%^~:¨¨¨ ~~~~~ THEIR CLAWS ARE LONG ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~^%%@@
#@@%%^~:¨¨ AND ROOT-LIKE, AND TRAIL AFTER THEM IN ¨ ¨¨:~^%%@@#
##@@%%^~:¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FLIGHT. ~~~~~ ¨:~^%%@@##
#@@%%^~:¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨:~^%%@@#
@@%%^~:¨¨¨ ~~~~~~ ¨ VARIOUS DANCES PERFORMED ¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~^%%@@
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%^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~ LATER THEY WILL LEARN HOW TO ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^%
^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ HARVEST BLOOD FROM ANIMALS (THINK ¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MOSQUITO). ~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
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