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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 ...,»†¤£#@
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##@#£¤†»,. his paws on something worthwhile, it'll .,»†¤£#@##
#@#£¤†»,.. be easy to just waltz out. until then, ..,»†¤£#@#
@#£¤†»,... keep doing the work... ...,»†¤£#@
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¤†»,...... almost eerily empty. there are few ......,»†¤
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@#£¤†»,... none of the employees know this.) ...,»†¤£#@
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¤†»,...... 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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¤†»,...... †» wild flesh ......,»†¤
†»,....... (free roaming animals) .......,»†
¤†»,...... †» organs ......,»†¤
£¤†»,..... (taken from a living human that .....,»†¤£
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@#£¤†»,... †» minerals ...,»†¤£#@
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##@#£¤†»,. †» insects .,»†¤£#@##
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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 ....,»†¤£#
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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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