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=^........     RECRUITING TAKES PLACE IN PEOPLES    ........^=
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^/=^......        OF VIOLENCE AND TRICKERY.         ......^=/^
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%^/=^..... 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, ........^=
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^/=^...... 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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