.,~\=£@@## ##@@£=\~,.
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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. ##@@£=\~,.
.,~\=£@@## ##@@£=\~,.
..,~~\\££@ ~~~ ~~~ @££\\~~,..
.....,\=@@ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ @@=\,.....
......,\£@ ~~~ ~~~ @£\,......
.,~\\\£££@ @£££\\\~,.
...~\\=@@# nick is uncomfortable around #@@=\\~...
.,~\=£@@## the "wild flesh" vats. ##@@£=\~,.
.,~\=£@@## ##@@£=\~,.
.,~\=£@@@# #@@@£=\~,.
.,~\=£@@## ##@@£=\~,.
.....,,\£@ @£\,,.....
.,~\=£@@## ##@@£=\~,.