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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...          #,,###,,,,
###,#,#,,,                                          ##,#,,#,,,
#,,#####,,    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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,,,#,#,,#,    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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,#########  /» PLANT MATTER                         #,#,##,,,#
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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                              #,#,#,,,,,
,,#,,,###,        (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.        ##,##,#,#,
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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       ##,#,,,,#,
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