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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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#§¤$†=,¨¨¨ HE'S BEEN LUCKY; THE PLACE IS ¨¨¨,=†$¤§#
##§¤$†=,¨¨ SURPRISINGLY UNGUARDED. ONCE HE'S GOT ¨¨,=†$¤§##
###§¤$†=,¨ HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, IT'LL ¨,=†$¤§###
##§¤$†=,¨¨ BE EASY TO JUST WALTZ OUT. UNTIL THEN, ¨¨,=†$¤§##
#§¤$†=,¨¨¨ KEEP DOING THE WORK... ¨¨¨,=†$¤§#
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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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#§¤$†=,¨¨¨ NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THIS.) ¨¨¨,=†$¤§#
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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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##§¤$†=,¨¨ THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ¨¨,=†$¤§##
###§¤$†=,¨ OR PASTES, SUCH AS: ¨,=†$¤§###
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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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##§¤$†=,¨¨ MIKU IS IN CHARGE OF THE BLOOD ¨¨,=†$¤§##
#§¤$†=,¨¨¨ COLONIES. THERE'S LARGE VATS OF THE ¨¨¨,=†$¤§#
##§¤$†=,¨¨ ORIGINAL CULTURE WHICH IS FED BLOOD ¨¨,=†$¤§##
###§¤$†=,¨ MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY ¨,=†$¤§###
##§¤$†=,¨¨ TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND ¨¨,=†$¤§##
#§¤$†=,¨¨¨ SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE ¨¨¨,=†$¤§#
##§¤$†=,¨¨ INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD ¨¨,=†$¤§##
###§¤$†=,¨ WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU. ¨,=†$¤§###
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#§¤$†=,¨¨¨ THERE IS A LARGE TANK BEHIND THE ¨¨¨,=†$¤§#
##§¤$†=,¨¨ FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF ¨¨,=†$¤§##
###§¤$†=,¨ AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES ¨,=†$¤§###
##§¤$†=,¨¨ OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS ¨¨,=†$¤§##
#§¤$†=,¨¨¨ UNCLEAR. ¨¨¨,=†$¤§#
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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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#§¤$†=,¨¨¨ NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ¨¨¨,=†$¤§#
##§¤$†=,¨¨ THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ¨¨,=†$¤§##
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