...,-=%%@@ ---------------------------------------- @@%%=-,...
..,-=%%@@# % 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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