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