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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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