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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 ££££%^*~^.
...^^^~^£# better, some formula? these things are #£^~^^^...
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.^~*^%£### he's been lucky; the place is ###£%^*~^.
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.^~*^%£### 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 ###£%^*~^.
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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 ###£%^*~^.
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.^~*^%£££# (free roaming animals) #£££%^*~^.
.^~*^%£### *~ organs ###£%^*~^.
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....^^^*%# *~ minerals #%*^^^....
...^^~*%## *~ blood colony two ##%*~^^...
......^*%# *~ insects #%*^......
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.^~*^%£### brain, which is used to extract ###£%^*~^.
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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 ####£^*~^.
.^~*^%#### unclear. ####%^*~^.
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.^~*^%£### 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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