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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^*
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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 ¨¨¨¨,~^*§¤
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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 ¨¨,~^*§¤£#
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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 ¨¨,~^*§¤£#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨,~^*§
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§*^~,¨¨¨¨¨ nick is uncomfortable around ¨¨¨¨¨,~^*§
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