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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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