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#@£$†;=-¨¨ he's not above petty crime, but he ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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#@£$†;=-¨¨ he will find much more lucrative ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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@£$†;=-¨¨¨ and thus he's currently working ¨¨¨-=;†$£@
#@£$†;=-¨¨ alongside hatsune miku for a company ¨¨-=;†$£@#
##@£$†;=-¨ that makes synthetic meal replacements. ¨-=;†$£@##
#@£$†;=-¨¨ he's got a vague outline of a plan, to ¨¨-=;†$£@#
@£$†;=-¨¨¨ scatter with some product, or even ¨¨¨-=;†$£@
#@£$†;=-¨¨ better, some formula? these things are ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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@£$†;=-¨¨¨ he's been lucky; the place is ¨¨¨-=;†$£@
#@£$†;=-¨¨ surprisingly unguarded. once he's got ¨¨-=;†$£@#
##@£$†;=-¨ his paws on something worthwhile, it'll ¨-=;†$£@##
#@£$†;=-¨¨ be easy to just waltz out. until then, ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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#@£$†;=-¨¨ almost eerily empty. there are few ¨¨-=;†$£@#
@£$†;=-¨¨¨ coworkers. (in fact the company is ¨¨¨-=;†$£@
#@£$†;=-¨¨ ai-run and only a few key roles are ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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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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#@£$†;=-¨¨ ;= blood colony ¨¨-=;†$£@#
##@£$†;=-¨ (made with a type of bacteria) ¨-=;†$£@##
#@£$†;=-¨¨ ;= wild flesh ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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#@£$†;=-¨¨ ;= organs ¨¨-=;†$£@#
##@£$†;=-¨ (taken from a living human that ¨-=;†$£@##
#@£$†;=-¨¨ is willing to sell) ¨¨-=;†$£@#
@£$†;=-¨¨¨ ;= minerals ¨¨¨-=;†$£@
#@£$†;=-¨¨ ;= blood colony two ¨¨-=;†$£@#
##@£$†;=-¨ ;= insects ¨-=;†$£@##
#@£$†;=-¨¨ (which are mainly used for their ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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#@£$†;=-¨¨ miku is in charge of the blood ¨¨-=;†$£@#
@£$†;=-¨¨¨ colonies. there's large vats of the ¨¨¨-=;†$£@
#@£$†;=-¨¨ original culture which is fed blood ¨¨-=;†$£@#
##@£$†;=-¨ meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify ¨-=;†$£@##
#@£$†;=-¨¨ to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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#@£$†;=-¨¨ ingredients have an effect on the blood ¨¨-=;†$£@#
##@£$†;=-¨ which in turn affects miku. ¨-=;†$£@##
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@£$†;=-¨¨¨ there is a large tank behind the ¨¨¨-=;†$£@
#@£$†;=-¨¨ factory that contains a vast number of ¨¨-=;†$£@#
##@£$†;=-¨ auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ¨-=;†$£@##
#@£$†;=-¨¨ over these as well. their purpose is ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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##@£$†;=-¨ the factory is surrounded by the blood ¨-=;†$£@##
#@£$†;=-¨¨ meal farms. there is a constant ¨¨-=;†$£@#
@£$†;=-¨¨¨ exchange of blood and blood meal. this ¨¨¨-=;†$£@
#@£$†;=-¨¨ provides two of the major materials for ¨¨-=;†$£@#
##@£$†;=-¨ both the colonies and miku. ¨-=;†$£@##
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#@£$†;=-¨¨ the "wild flesh" vats. ¨¨-=;†$£@#
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