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,:«:§%§££@ NICK WILDE IS A RED FOX AND A CONMAN. @££§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£@# ,: ««««««« ««««««« ««««««« :, #@£§%§:«:,
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,:«:§%§£@# HE'S NOT ABOVE PETTY CRIME, BUT HE #@£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£## KNOWS THAT IF HE PUTS IN A BIT OF WORK, ##£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£@# HE WILL FIND MUCH MORE LUCRATIVE #@£§%§:«:,
,,,,«:§§££ REWARDS. ££§§:«,,,,
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,:«:§%§@## AND THUS HE'S CURRENTLY WORKING ##@§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§@## ALONGSIDE HATSUNE MIKU FOR A COMPANY ##@§%§:«:,
,:«::::%£@ THAT MAKES SYNTHETIC MEAL REPLACEMENTS. @£%::::«:,
,:«:§%§@## HE'S GOT A VAGUE OUTLINE OF A PLAN, TO ##@§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£@# SCATTER WITH SOME PRODUCT, OR EVEN #@£§%§:«:,
,,,,«:§%£@ BETTER, SOME FORMULA? THESE THINGS ARE @£%§:«,,,,
,:«:§%§£@# WORTH A LOT TO A COMPETITOR. #@£§%§:«:,
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,:«:§§£@## HE'S BEEN LUCKY; THE PLACE IS ##@£§§:«:,
,,,,::::%§ SURPRISINGLY UNGUARDED. ONCE HE'S GOT §%::::,,,,
,:«:§%§£££ HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, IT'LL £££§%§:«:,
,:«:§§§§§@ BE EASY TO JUST WALTZ OUT. UNTIL THEN, @§§§§§:«:,
,,,,,,«:%£ KEEP DOING THE WORK... £%:«,,,,,,
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,,,,:«::§§ COME TO THINK OF IT, THE PLACE IS §§::«:,,,,
,,,,,:«§%§ ALMOST EERILY EMPTY. THERE ARE FEW §%§«:,,,,,
,:«:§%§£@# COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS #@£§%§:«:,
,:«::§%%£@ AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE @£%%§::«:,
,,,«::§§§§ FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. §§§§::«,,,
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,:«««««§§§ NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THIS.) §§§«««««:,
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,:«:§%§£@# ««« ««« #@£§%§:«:,
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,:«:::%%§§ NICK AND MIKU ARE BOTH STATIONED IN §§%%:::«:,
,:«:::§%§§ EARLY PROCESSING, HOUSED IN A STATE OF §§%§:::«:,
,:«:§%%§§§ THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. §§§%%§:«:,
,,,,,««§§§ THEY CREATE THE EARLY BUILDING BLOCKS §§§««,,,,,
,:«:§%§£@# THAT ARE LATER COMBINED INTO THE MEALS #@£§%§:«:,
,,:«::::%£ THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. £%::::«:,,
,:«§%§£@## ##@£§%§«:,
,:«:§%§£@# THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES #@£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£££ OR PASTES, SUCH AS: £££§%§:«:,
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,:««««:%§§ :« BLOOD COLONY §§%:««««:,
,:«:§%§£@# (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) #@£§%§:«:,
,,,,,««§%§ :« WILD FLESH §%§««,,,,,
,:«:§%§£@# (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) #@£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§§£@ :« ORGANS @£§§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£@# (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT #@£§%§:«:,
,,,««§%%££ IS WILLING TO SELL) ££%%§««,,,
,,,««:%%£@ :« MINERALS @£%%:««,,,
,,,::::%££ :« BLOOD COLONY TWO ££%::::,,,
,:«:§%§£@# :« INSECTS #@£§%§:«:,
,,,,«««:%£ (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR £%:«««,,,,
,:«:::§%£@ BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT @£%§:::«:,
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,:«:§§£@## MIKU IS IN CHARGE OF THE BLOOD ##@£§§:«:,
,,,,«:%§§@ COLONIES. THERE'S LARGE VATS OF THE @§§%:«,,,,
,:«:§%§£@# ORIGINAL CULTURE WHICH IS FED BLOOD #@£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§§§£ MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY £§§§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£## TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND ##£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£@# SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE #@£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£@# INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD #@£§%§:«:,
,,,,«§§§£@ WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU. @£§§§«,,,,
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,:«:§%§£@# THERE IS A LARGE TANK BEHIND THE #@£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£## FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF ##£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£@# AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES #@£§%§:«:,
,,,:«§§§§§ OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS §§§§§«:,,,
,,,,,,::§§ UNCLEAR. §§::,,,,,,
,:«:§%§£@# #@£§%§:«:,
,,,,,,«:%£ THE FACTORY IS SURROUNDED BY THE BLOOD £%:«,,,,,,
,,,::§§§%£ MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT £%§§§::,,,
,::::::§§§ EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS §§§::::::,
,,,,:«::§§ PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR §§::«:,,,,
,,,::§%%%£ BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. £%%%§::,,,
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,:«:§%§£@# NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND #@£§%§:«:,
,:«:§%§£## THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ##£§%§:«:,
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