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##@#&@†~-. Nick wilde Is A Red Fox And A Conman. .-~†@@##
##@@@%†~-. .- ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ -. .-~†%@@@##
@&%~~--... ...--~~%&@
@#@%%†-... 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. .-~†%@@#
@##&@%†~-. .-~†%@#@
#@†----... 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. .-~†%@@#
@#&@†-.... ....-†@@
#@@††~~... 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: .....-††@&
@@#&@%†~-. .-~†%@@@
#&%††~~-.. †~ 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. ....~~~%&&
@#@@@%†~-. .-~†%@@@#@
@@#&@%†~-. 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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