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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... ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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: ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ †» 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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