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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.       #,,,##,,##
,#,##,,#,,                                          #,,#,#,#,#
###,#,##,#      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.         ,#,#,,,##,
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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       ,,#,,,,,#,
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,,,###,#,,  †- PLANT MATTER                         ###,,##,,,
,,#,,###,#  †- BLOOD COLONY                         ,,#,#,#,,,
,##,#,,##,        (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA)    ,######,,,
#,###,#,##  †- WILD FLESH                           #,,,,,#,,,
##,,####,,        (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS)            #,,,,##,,#
,#,#,,,#,,  †- ORGANS                               #,,,#,#,#,
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,,,#,#,##,        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.                 #,,,##,,##
,#,##,,#,,                                          #,,#,#,#,#
###,#,##,#  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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