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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     ,#,##,#,,,
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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...          ,,,,#,#,,#
#,###,#,#,                                          ,,,####,#,
##,,#####,     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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,,,##,,,,,       THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES       ,#,,,,,,,,
,,#,#,,,,#           OR PASTES, SUCH AS:            ##,,,,,,,,
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#,,,#,,#,#  †~ PLANT MATTER                         ##,,,,,,,,
#,,##,###,  †~ BLOOD COLONY                         ,#,,,,,,,#
#,#,##,,#,        (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA)    ##,,,,,,#,
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,,#,,,#,#,  †~ ORGANS                               ,#,,,##,,,
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#,#,#,,,,,        IS WILLING TO SELL)               ,#,####,,,
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,,,,#,,,,#  †~ BLOOD COLONY TWO                     ,,#,,##,#,
,,,##,,,##  †~ INSECTS                              ,##,#,###,
,,#,#,,#,,        (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR  #,####,,#,
,####,##,,        BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT   ##,,,#,##,
#,,,##,#,#        RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) ,#,,###,#,
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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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,,##,###,#       NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND       ,,,###,,##
,#,##,,##,          THE "WILD FLESH" VATS.          ,,#,,#,#,#
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