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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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