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....:~=$$¤         of violence and trickery.        ¤$$=~:....
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.....:~$$¤ decode  them.  sort them by  species and ¤$$~:.....
.:~=$$¤###                  taste.                  ###¤$$=~:.
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....:~=$¤# mind,  upsize  the  paws, or  the  whole #¤$=~:....
.:~=$¤####  creature, frame a burroughs portrait,   ####¤$=~:.
.:~=$¤#### sing  a tune about being brought to your ####¤$=~:.
.:~==$$$## roads  end and reborn as something else. ##$$$==~:.
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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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