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#£@**-^¨¨¨ knows that if he puts in a bit of work, ¨¨¨^-**@£#
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#@@£@*=-^¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨^-=@@#
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#££*-¨¨¨¨¨ coworkers. (in fact the company is ¨¨¨¨¨-*££#
@£@*-^¨¨¨¨ ai-run and only a few key roles are ¨¨¨¨^-*@£@
##@£@*=-^¨ filled by actual people. ¨^-=*@£@##
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£*===^^^¨¨ 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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###£@*=-^¨ =- wild flesh ¨^-=*@£###
##@£@*=-^¨ (free roaming animals) ¨^-=*@£@##
@@@£@*=-^¨ =- organs ¨^-=*@£@@@
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##@£@*=-^¨ =- minerals ¨^-=*@£@##
###@£@*-^¨ =- blood colony two ¨^-*@£@###
£*=--¨¨¨¨¨ =- 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 ¨^-=*@£@@@
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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 ¨^-=**@@@£
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