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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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