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.###.###.. nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ..##.#####
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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 ..##.##...
#.##.##..# 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 ###..##...
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......#..# coworkers. (in fact the company is ...######.
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.#.##.###. 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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##..##..#. 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 ####.###.#
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