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¨¨¨¨.~*%££ and thus he's currently working ££%*~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~*%£ alongside hatsune miku for a company £%*~.¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~* he's got a vague outline of a plan, to *~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*% scatter with some product, or even %*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨.~*%££## he's been lucky; the place is ##££%*~.¨¨
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¨¨¨.~*%££# 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 %*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*% 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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¨¨¨¨.~*%££ *~ plant matter ££%*~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~*%£ *~ blood colony £%*~.¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~* *~ wild flesh *~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*% (free roaming animals) %*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~*%£ *~ organs £%*~.¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨.~*%££# miku is in charge of the blood #££%*~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~*%££## colonies. there's large vats of the ##££%*~.¨¨
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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 #££%*~.¨¨¨
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¨¨.~*%££## the factory is surrounded by the blood ##££%*~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~*%££# meal farms. there is a constant #££%*~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~*%££ exchange of blood and blood meal. this ££%*~.¨¨¨¨
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