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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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.......... 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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