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«~........ 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 .....~«††£
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@##£††«~.. HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, IT'LL ..~«††£##@
##£††«~... BE EASY TO JUST WALTZ OUT. UNTIL THEN, ...~«††£##
#£††«~.... KEEP DOING THE WORK... ....~«††£#
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†«~....... 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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@##£††«~.. THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. ..~«††£##@
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@##£††«~.. THAT ARE LATER COMBINED INTO THE MEALS ..~«††£##@
##£††«~... THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. ...~«††£##
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††«~...... 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 ......~«††
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#£††«~.... †« INSECTS ....~«††£#
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«~........ 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 ....~«††£#
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#£††«~.... EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS ....~«††£#
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~......... THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. .........~
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