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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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##@&@†^~-.   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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