.....-^¤## ---------------------------------------- ##¤^-.....
.--^†††††¤ ¤ 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). --------- ¤¤†^---...
.--^†¤¤### ---------------------------------------- ###¤¤†^--.