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.......:~^                                          ^~:.......
......:~^*                                          *^~:......
.....:~^*%                                          %*^~:.....
....:~^*%# foxes' trill                             #%*^~:....
...:~^*%##                                          ##%*^~:...
..:~^*%### ### #  #  #   #   #    #    #     %      ###%*^~:..
.:~^*%#### #### #  #   #   %   #    %     *      ^  ####%*^~:.
..:~^*%###                                          ###%*^~:..
...:~^*%##           the creature is more           ##%*^~:...
....:~^*%#   than its groomed face; there is also   #%*^~:....
.....:~^*%         the homocidal tendencies         %*^~:.....
......:~^*                                          *^~:......
.......:~^  ^      *     %    #   %   #   #  # #### ^~:.......
........:~      %     #    #    #   #   #  #  # ### ~:........
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.......... it has  an  extremely  efficient  way of ..........
.......... accomplishing  this  -   by  making  the ..........
.......... hominid an accomplice.                   ..........
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.......... 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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