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.........~ 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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......~/*£ 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. #@@££*/~..
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....~/*££@ The Bases Are Mostly Sludges @££*/~....
.....~/*££ Or Pastes, Such As: ££*/~.....
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........~/ /~ Wild Flesh /~........
.......~/* (Free Roaming Animals) */~.......
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.....~/*££ (Taken From A Living Human That ££*/~.....
....~/*££@ Is Willing To Sell) @££*/~....
...~/*££@@ /~ Minerals @@££*/~...
..~/*££@@# /~ Blood Colony Two #@@££*/~..
...~/*££@@ /~ Insects @@££*/~...
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.....~/*££ Brain, Which Is Used To Extract ££*/~.....
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.....~/*££ 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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........~/ Factory That Contains A Vast Number Of /~........
.........~ Auxilliary Blood Colonies. Miku Watches ~.........
........~/ Over These As Well. Their Purpose Is /~........
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....~/*££@ 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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