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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) &&£%:=,,,,
,,=:::£&&& &&&£:::=,,
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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. #£%=,,,,,,
,,=:%£&### ###&£%:=,,
,,=:%£&### 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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,,,,=::£## === === === ##£::=,,,,
,,=%£&#### === === ####&£%=,,
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,,=:%£&### NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ###&£%:=,,
,,=:%£&### THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ###&£%:=,,
,,,,==:£&& &&£:==,,,,
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