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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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