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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 .....~=£#@
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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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#@@#£$==~. == organs .~==$£#@@#
@@@#£$==~. (taken from a living human that .~==$£#@@@
@@@#£$==~. is willing to sell) .~==$£#@@@
@££$=..... == minerals .....=$££@
@£$$===~.. == blood colony two ..~===$$£@
#@@#£$==~. == insects .~==$£#@@#
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@#$==..... miku is in charge of the blood .....==$#@
##£$===~~. colonies. there's large vats of the .~~===$£##
@@@#£$==~. original culture which is fed blood .~==$£#@@@
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##@#£$==~. to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and .~==$£#@##
@@@#£$==~. some processing chemicals. all these .~==$£#@@@
@£$$==~~.. ingredients have an effect on the blood ..~~==$$£@
@@##£$==~. which in turn affects miku. .~==$£##@@
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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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@@££==.... the "wild flesh" vats. ....==££@@
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