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#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ 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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#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, IT'LL ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ 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 ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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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 ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨¨#¨##¨ == BLOOD COLONY ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨##¨ == WILD FLESH ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨##¨ == ORGANS ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ == MINERALS ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ == INSECTS ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨##¨ (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨##¨ RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ 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 ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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