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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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