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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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