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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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