,:~†$&#¶## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##¶#&$†~:,
,,,,~~$##¶  & IN THE END, IT'S RIDE OR DIE. JOIN OR ¶##$~~,,,,
,:†$&#¶### ,,,,,,,,  GET INTEGRATED.  &  ,,,,,,,,,, ###¶#&$†:,
,:~†$&#¶## ,, && EVENTUALLY THEY LAY THEIR EGGS, ,, ##¶#&$†~:,
,:~†$&#¶##  , USUALLY IN WARM, TASTY PLACES. IT'S , ##¶#&$†~:,
,,,:~†††&# ,, 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). ~~~~~~~~~ #&†::::,,,
,,::†$$&&¶ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¶&&$$†::,,