,,,:~\*%@#                                          #@%*\~:,,,
,,:~\*%@##                                          ##@%*\~:,,
,:~\*%@###                                          ###@%*\~:,
,,:~\*%@##                                          ##@%*\~:,,
,,,:~\*%@#                                          #@%*\~:,,,
,,,,:~\*%@    RECRUITING TAKES PLACE IN PEOPLES     @%*\~:,,,,
,,,,,:~\*% YARDS, OR OUTSIDE STORES, OR WITH A  BIT %*\~:,,,,,
,,,,:~\*%@         OF VIOLENCE AND TRICKERY.        @%*\~:,,,,
,,,:~\*%@#                                          #@%*\~:,,,
,,:~\*%@## THROW  THE   FOURLEGGERS  INTO  A   VAN. ##@%*\~:,,
,:~\*%@### DECODE  THEM. SORT THEM  BY SPECIES  AND ###@%*\~:,
,,:~\*%@##                  TASTE.                  ##@%*\~:,,
,,,:~\*%@#                                          #@%*\~:,,,
,,,,:~\*%@ 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. ##@%*\~:,,
,:~\*%@###                                          ###@%*\~:,
,,:~\*%@## 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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