¨^~/$%@@## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##@@%$/~^¨
¨^~/$%@@##  % in the end, it's ride or die. join or ##@@%$/~^¨
¨^~/$$%@@@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  get integrated.  %  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ @@@%$$/~^¨
¨^~/$%@@## ¨¨ %% eventually they lay their eggs, ¨¨ ##@@%$/~^¨
¨^^^//$$$@ ¨ usually in warm, tasty places. it's ¨  @$$$//^^^¨
¨^~/$%@@## ¨¨ bird elf custom to let others deal ¨¨ ##@@%$/~^¨
¨^~/$%@@## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ with the fallout. %% ##@@%$/~^¨
¨^~/$%@@## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##@@%$/~^¨
¨^~/$%@@## %%% % before their juice harvesting ¨¨¨¨ ##@@%$/~^¨
¨¨¨¨~/%%@@ ¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨ @@@%/~¨¨¨¨
¨^~/$%@@## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ~~~~~~ ##@@%$/~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^/%@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @%/^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~/$%@@## ~~~~~~~~~ later they will learn how to ¨ ##@@%$/~^¨
¨^~/$%%@@@ ¨¨ harvest blood from animals (think ¨¨¨ @@@%%$/~^¨
¨^~/$%@@## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ mosquito). ~~~~~~~~~ ##@@%$/~^¨
¨^~/$%@### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###@%$/~^¨