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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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....:»==§# 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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....:;==§§ ;» plant matter §§==;:....
.:»;=&§@@# ;» blood colony #@@§&=;»:.
.:»»;;&&@@ (made with a type of bacteria) @@&&;;»»:.
.:»;=&§@## ;» wild flesh ##@§&=;»:.
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.:»;=&§@## ;» minerals ##@§&=;»:.
.:»;=&§@## ;» blood colony two ##@§&=;»:.
.:»;=&§@## ;» insects ##@§&=;»:.
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...»;===&§ 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 ##@§&=;»:.
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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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