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...::~**@@    recruiting takes place in peoples     @@**~::...
....~=*@@# yards, or outside stores,  or with a bit #@@*=~....
.:~=*@@@##         of violence and trickery.        ##@@@*=~:.
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.:~=*@@@@@ throw  the   fourleggers  into  a   van. @@@@@*=~:.
.:~=*@@@## decode them. sort them  by  species  and ##@@@*=~:.
.:~==**@@@                  taste.                  @@@**==~:.
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....::~*@@ decorate  the  dog,  decorate  the  dogs @@*~::....
.:~=*@@@## mind,  upsize  the  paws, or  the  whole ##@@@*=~:.
....::=**@  creature, frame a burroughs portrait,   @**=::....
.:~=*@@@@# sing a  tune about being brought to your #@@@@*=~:.
....~~*@@# roads end  and reborn as something else. #@@*~~....
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......:=@@ you    can't    go    the    same   way, @@=:......
.:~=*@@@##   unfortunately, though another path is  ##@@@*=~:.
......~*@# open. a grimier, grainier, more  painful #@*~......
.:~=*@@@## approach. hopefully  bliss is at the end ##@@@*=~:.
......~*@# of it,  but  i  don't  know.  might just #@*~......
.:~=*@@@## ruin  you.   will   probably  ruin  you. ##@@@*=~:.
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