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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.                   *†/-^.....
....^-/†*#                                          #*†/-^....
...^-/†*## 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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