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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 ¨¨¨¨¨«†=§§
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@@#§*=†«~¨ 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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#@#§*=†«~¨ †« BLOOD COLONY ¨~«†=*§#@#
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#*†~¨¨¨¨¨¨ †« WILD FLESH ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†*#
@#*†~¨¨¨¨¨ (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ¨¨¨¨¨~†*#@
§***†~¨¨¨¨ †« ORGANS ¨¨¨¨~†***§
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@#*†«¨¨¨¨¨ †« MINERALS ¨¨¨¨¨«†*#@
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§=†«~¨¨¨¨¨ †« INSECTS ¨¨¨¨¨~«†=§
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§§*††«~¨¨¨ BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ¨¨¨~«††*§§
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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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#§§§*=†«~¨ 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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