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@@@*%/,... NICK WILDE IS A RED FOX AND A CONMAN. ...,/%*@@@
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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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@%%%/,.... FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. ....,/%%%@
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#@@*%%/«,. 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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##@@*%/«,. /« WILD FLESH .,«/%*@@##
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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 .,«/%*@@##
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#@@**%/«,. SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE .,«/%**@@#
##@@*%/«,. INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD .,«/%*@@##
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#@@%/,.... AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES ....,/%@@#
##@@*%/«,. OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS .,«/%*@@##
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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 .,«/%*@@@@
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