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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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