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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 ......^^£#
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#@#§£$^«^. worth a lot to a competitor. .^«^$£§#@#
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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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#@#§£$^«^. nick and miku are both stationed in .^«^$£§#@#
@§£^^^^«^. 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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#@#§£$^«^. ^« plant matter .^«^$£§#@#
§$^^^..... ^« blood colony .....^^^$§
#@#§£$^«^. (made with a type of bacteria) .^«^$£§#@#
#@#§£$^«^. ^« wild flesh .^«^$£§#@#
##§§£$^«^. (free roaming animals) .^«^$£§§##
#@#§£$^«^. ^« organs .^«^$£§#@#
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#£$^«^.... is willing to sell) ....^«^$£#
§£££$$^«^. ^« minerals .^«^$$£££§
@#§§£$^«^. ^« blood colony two .^«^$£§§#@
§$«^...... ^« insects ......^«$§
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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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