.....^/*§@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @§*/^.....
.^^^^^/*%@  % 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). ~~~~~~~~~ ##@§%*/~^.
.^~/*%§@## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##@§%*/~^.