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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 ##...#.#..
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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 ##........
.#....##.. almost eerily empty. there are few .#.......#
##...#.#.# coworkers. (in fact the company is ##......##
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##..###.## 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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.##...#.#. colonies. there's large vats of the .#....##..
#.#..####. original culture which is fed blood ##...#.#..
###.#...#. meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify .#..####.#
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.#..#.#.## 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 .#.##.###.
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#......... over these as well. their purpose is .#.#######
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