@^^~......                                          ......~^^@
###@$^†~,.                                          .,~†^$@###
@^~.......                                          .......~^@
#$^~......                                          ......~^$#
@@$^~~~,..                                          ..,~~~^$@@
#@$^^†~,.. foxes' trill                             ..,~†^^$@#
###@$^†~,.                                          .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,. ### #  #  #   #   @    #    @     $      .,~†^$@###
##$$$^†~,. #### @  #   @   $   @    $     ^      †  .,~†^$$$##
###@$^†~,.                                          .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,.           the creature is more           .,~†^$@###
#@$^^~,,,.   than its groomed face; there is also   .,,,~^^$@#
@@^~,.....         the homocidal tendencies         .....,~^@@
###@$^†~,.                                          .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,.  †      ^     $    @   $   @   #  @ #### .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,.      $     @    #    @   #   #  #  # ### .,~†^$@###
@$^~~,,...                                          ...,,~~^$@
#@^~...... it  has an  extremely efficient  way  of ......~^@#
#@$†~~~,,. accomplishing  this  -  by  making   the .,,~~~†$@#
###@$^†~,. hominid an accomplice.                   .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,.                                          .,~†^$@###
#@@$$^†~,. the  fox emits different  calls to  make .,~†^$$@@#
###@$^†~,. him supplicant  to its  desires;  making .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,. him  desperately  need  things,  and  in .,~†^$@###
#@$††~,,.. response   do    the    foxes'   bidding ..,,~††$@#
#$$$^††~,.                                          .,~††^$$$#
###@$^†~,. and it's like.  he  is  knocked  to  the .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,. ground. he  is  pushed around  the room. .,~†^$@###
#$$$$^†~,. and  each shove is a  tease, asking  him .,~†^$$$$#
###@$^†~,. to bite back                             .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,.                                          .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,. but  he  has  no   chance:  he  is   too .,~†^$@###
###@$^†~,. intoxicated already  by the sweet sounds .,~†^$@###
#$^^†~.... of  the  fox.  his  maw moves  slow. his ....~†^^$#
###@$^†~,. bite   is    weak.   and   the    canine .,~†^$@###
####$^†~,.                                          .,~†^$####
###@$^†~,. and the fourlegger,                      .,~†^$@###
@@@^~~,...                                          ...,~~^@@@
##$^^~~,.. and  he's only  kept  alive  as  long as ..,~~^^$##
###@$^†~,. he's fun to play with                    .,~†^$@###
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##@$†††~,.                                          .,~†††$@##
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@^†,,.....                                          .....,,†^@