@*^=-~.... ....~-=^*@
*^=-~..... .....~-=^*
^=-~...... ......~-=^
*^=-~..... .....~-=^*
@*^=-~.... ....~-=^*@
@@*^=-~... foxes' trill ...~-=^*@@
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##@@*^=-~. ### # @ # @ @ @ @ * .~-=^*@@##
#@@*^=-~.. #@#@ @ @ @ * @ * ^ = ..~-=^*@@#
@@*^=-~... ...~-=^*@@
@*^=-~.... 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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