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#.##......                                          .#....#...
..###..... foxes' trill                             ..#....#..
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....###... ### #  #  #   #   #    #    #     %      ....#....#
#...#.##.. #### #  #   #   %   #    %     ^      *  #....#....
.#....###.                                          .#....#...
..#...#.##           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.                   ....###...
..#....#..                                          #...#.##..
...#....#. 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 .....#.##.
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#...###... and the fourlegger,                      .......#.#
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.##...###. and  he's  only kept  alive  as long  as .........#
.###..#.## he's fun to play with                    ..........
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