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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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... †/«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«/†£ £†/«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«/†£@ 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.) @£†/«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«/†£ £†/«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/† ««« ««« †/«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/ ««« ««« ««« /«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« ««« ««« «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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) /«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, ««« ««« ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ««« ««« ««« ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ««« ««« ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ##@£†/«,¨¨
¨,«/†£@### ###@£†/«,¨
¨¨,«/†£@## 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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