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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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