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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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