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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 @§=*......
..-**===$§ Knows That If He Puts In A Bit Of Work, §$===**-..
.....-*$§§ He Will Find Much More Lucrative §§$*-.....
..-*=$§@@# Rewards. #@@§$=*-..
..-*=$$§§@ @§§$$=*-..
..-*==$$$§ And Thus He'S Currently Working §$$$==*-..
..-*=$§@## Alongside Hatsune miku For A Company ##@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@## That Makes Synthetic Meal Replacements. ##@§$=*-..
..-*=$$§@@ He'S Got A Vague Outline Of A Plan, To @@§$$=*-..
.....-=$§@ Scatter With Some Product, Or Even @§$=-.....
......-=§@ Better, Some Formula? These Things Are @§=-......
......*=$@ Worth A Lot To A Competitor. @$=*......
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..-*=$§@@# He'S Been Lucky; The Place Is #@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@@ Surprisingly Unguarded. Once He'S Got @@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@## His Paws On Something Worthwhile, It'Ll ##@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@# Be Easy To Just Waltz Out. Until Then, #@@§$=*-..
....--*=$@ Keep Doing The Work... @$=*--....
.....--*$§ §$*--.....
..-*=$@@## Come To Think Of It, The Place Is ##@@$=*-..
.....-=§§@ 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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......*$§@ Nick And Miku Are Both Stationed In @§$*......
.-*=$§@@## Early Processing, Housed In A State Of ##@@§$=*-.
..-*=$§@@# The Art Factory Close To The Docks. #@@§$=*-..
......*==§ They Create The Early Building Blocks §==*......
..-*==$§@@ That Are Later Combined Into The Meals @@§$==*-..
..-*=$$$§@ That'S Sold To Customers. @§$$$=*-..
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..-*=$§@@# The Bases Are Mostly Sludges #@@§$=*-..
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..-*=$§@@# *- Plant Matter #@@§$=*-..
...-**=§§@ *- 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 §=*.......
..-*=$§@## Brain, Which Is Used To Extract ##@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@# Receptors That Detect Pheromones) #@@§$=*-..
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..-*=$§@@# Miku Is In Charge Of The Blood #@@§$=*-..
.....-===§ Colonies. There'S Large Vats Of The §===-.....
..-*=$§@@@ Original Culture Which Is Fed Blood @@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@# Meal, Bone Meal, What Doesn'T Qualify #@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@# To Go In The "Wild Flesh" Paste, And #@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@# Some Processing Chemicals. All These #@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@# Ingredients Have An Effect On The Blood #@@§$=*-..
..-*=$$$§@ Which In Turn Affects Miku. @§$$$=*-..
.....-**=§ §=**-.....
..-*=$§@## There Is A Large Tank Behind The ##@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@# Factory That Contains A Vast Number Of #@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@@ Auxilliary Blood Colonies. Miku Watches @@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@# Over These As Well. Their Purpose Is #@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@@@ Unclear. @@@§$=*-..
..-*=$§@## ##@§$=*-..
.....-*=§@ 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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