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...~~*%%%# RECRUITING TAKES PLACE IN PEOPLES #%%%*~~...
.~~*^%¤### YARDS, OR OUTSIDE STORES, OR WITH A BIT ###¤%^*~~.
...~****%¤ OF VIOLENCE AND TRICKERY. ¤%****~...
.~~*^%¤¤¤# #¤¤¤%^*~~.
.~~*^%¤### THROW THE FOURLEGGERS INTO A VAN. ###¤%^*~~.
.~~*^%¤### DECODE THEM. SORT THEM BY SPECIES AND ###¤%^*~~.
......~*%# TASTE. #%*~......
.....~*^¤# #¤^*~.....
.~~*^%¤### 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. #%*~~.....
.~~*^%¤### ###¤%^*~~.
.....~~~^¤ 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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.~~*^%¤¤¤# #¤¤¤%^*~~.
....~***^¤ ¤^***~....
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