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/«.,,,,,,, NICK WILDE IS A RED FOX AND A CONMAN. ,,,,,,,.«/
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&$§/«.,,,, HE'S NOT ABOVE PETTY CRIME, BUT HE ,,,,.«/§$&
¶&$§/«.,,, KNOWS THAT IF HE PUTS IN A BIT OF WORK, ,,,.«/§$&¶
@¶&$§/«.,, HE WILL FIND MUCH MORE LUCRATIVE ,,.«/§$&¶@
#@¶&$§/«., REWARDS. ,.«/§$&¶@#
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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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#@¶&$§/«., COME TO THINK OF IT, THE PLACE IS ,.«/§$&¶@#
@¶&$§/«.,, ALMOST EERILY EMPTY. THERE ARE FEW ,,.«/§$&¶@
¶&$§/«.,,, COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS ,,,.«/§$&¶
&$§/«.,,,, AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE ,,,,.«/§$&
$§/«.,,,,, FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. ,,,,,.«/§$
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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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&$§/«.,,,, THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ,,,,.«/§$&
$§/«.,,,,, OR PASTES, SUCH AS: ,,,,,.«/§$
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/«.,,,,,,, /« 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 ,,,,,,.«/§
$§/«.,,,,, MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY ,,,,,.«/§$
&$§/«.,,,, TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND ,,,,.«/§$&
¶&$§/«.,,, SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE ,,,.«/§$&¶
@¶&$§/«.,, INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD ,,.«/§$&¶@
#@¶&$§/«., WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU. ,.«/§$&¶@#
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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 ,,,,,,,.«/
§/«.,,,,,, 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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