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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.                 ###§*=:~,.
....,::*##                                          ##*::,....
...,::=§##     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.)    ###§*=:~,.
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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:            ##§§*=:~,.
.,~:=*§###                                          ###§*=:~,.
.,~:=*§###  :~ 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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.,~:=*§###       Nick Is Uncomfortable Around       ###§*=:~,.
.,~:=*§###          The "Wild flesh" Vats.          ###§*=:~,.
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