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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    &£%:~^....
...^~:%£&# 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,  ##&£%:~^..
...^~:%£&#          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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...^~:%£&#    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       ##&£%:~^..
.^~:%£&###           Or Pastes, Such As:            ###&£%:~^.
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...^~:%£&#  :~ Plant Matter                         #&£%:~^...
....^~:%£&  :~ Blood Colony                         &£%:~^....
...^~:%£&#        (Made With A Type Of Bacteria)    #&£%:~^...
..^~:%£&##  :~ Wild Flesh                           ##&£%:~^..
.^~:%£&###        (Free Roaming Animals)            ###&£%:~^.
..^~:%£&##  :~ Organs                               ##&£%:~^..
...^~:%£&#        (Taken From A Living Human That   #&£%:~^...
....^~:%£&        Is Willing To Sell)               &£%:~^....
...^~:%£&#  :~ Minerals                             #&£%:~^...
..^~:%£&##  :~ Blood Colony Two                     ##&£%:~^..
.^~:%£&###  :~ Insects                              ###&£%:~^.
..^~:%£&##        (Which Are Mainly Used For Their  ##&£%:~^..
...^~:%£&#        Brain, Which Is Used To Extract   #&£%:~^...
....^~:%£&        Receptors That Detect Pheromones) &£%:~^....
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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   ##&£%:~^..
...^~:%£&#   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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...^~:%£&#       Nick Is Uncomfortable Around       #&£%:~^...
..^~:%£&##          The "Wild flesh" Vats.          ##&£%:~^..
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