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..........     recruiting takes place in peoples    ..........
~......... yards, or outside  stores, or with a bit .........~
*~........        of violence and trickery.         ........~*
**~.......                                          .......~**
***~...... throw  the   fourleggers   into  a  van. ......~***
§***~..... decode  them. sort  them by species  and .....~***§
@§***~....                  taste.                  ....~***§@
#@§***~...                                          ...~***§@#
##@§***~.. 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. ......~***
**~.......                                          .......~**
*~........ 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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