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