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NBachers

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9. Yeah, I guess they want to: 1. Leave their scent on the body to claim their "kill"
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 03:23 AM
Mar 2018

and, 2. spread the odor of their "kill" far and wide by saturating themselves with it so others can know their legendary killing status. "Hey, dudes and mates, check out what I did! In yo' face, suckas! Yeah, I smell like stuff I killed all the time." Maybe the smellier "dead things" one in the pack is the one with the most status.

And, maybe, masking their own scent figures in, but the utter abandon they avail themselves to in getting the smell all over themselves (not to mention the slimy particulate) seems to indicate that they want to acquire something, not lose something.

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