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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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