,#,,,,#,,# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #,,,,#,,,,
,,#,,,,#,# & 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). ~ ~~~~ ##,,,,,,,#
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,#,##,,,## ~~~~ the floating tree above ,,,,,,,,,,, ,###,,,,,,
,,,###,,#, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, venezuela ~~~~ ,#,##,,,,,
,,,#,##,,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,,###,,,,
,,,,,###,, ~~~~~ 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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