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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 ###@**^=:.
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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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