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.^~/%$#@@# foxes' trill                             #@@#$%/~^.
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...^~/%$#@ #@# @  @  @   @   #    @    #     $      @#$%/~^...
....^~/%$# @@@@ #  @   #   $   #    $     %      /  #$%/~^....
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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.                   /~^.......
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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                             $%/~^.....
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.......^~/ 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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