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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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###.##.#.. 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 .##.....#.
.####.##.# 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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..##.##..# the art factory close to the docks. ...#.#.#.#
#.#.##.#.# they create the early building blocks ...#######
.####.#### that are later combined into the meals ...#......
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.#.#.####. the bases are mostly sludges #.#####...
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..#..##..# ^~ wild flesh .##.....#.
..##.#.#.# (free roaming animals) .#.#....##
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.###.##..# brain, which is used to extract ...#..###.
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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 .#.##....#
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#..#.##..# ingredients have an effect on the blood .#..###..#
.#.###.#.# which in turn affects miku. ###.#..#.#
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....####.. factory that contains a vast number of #####.#.#.
....#...#. auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches #....#####
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#....#.... meal farms. there is a constant #...#....#
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