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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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