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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, ¨¨¨¨^--;&#
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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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#@##&†;-^¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨^;&&&#
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#&;;-¨¨¨¨¨ ;- PLANT MATTER ¨¨¨¨¨-;;&#
#@##&†;-^¨ ;- BLOOD COLONY ¨^-;†&##@#
#@##&†;-^¨ (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ¨^-;†&##@#
##@#&†;-^¨ ;- WILD FLESH ¨^-;†&#@##
#@##&†;-^¨ (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ¨^-;†&##@#
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#†;-¨¨¨¨¨¨ (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ¨¨¨¨¨¨-;†#
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##&&†;--^¨ ;- MINERALS ¨^--;†&&##
#@##&†;-^¨ ;- BLOOD COLONY TWO ¨^-;†&##@#
#@##&†;-^¨ ;- INSECTS ¨^-;†&##@#
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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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##&††-¨¨¨¨ 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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