......===* ======================================== *===......
.....===*@  * 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). ========= @*===.....
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