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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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..,~:*%§£# 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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