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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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