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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... &*««¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨,«\*£&### 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) ####&*\«,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨«\*£& \« insects &£*\«¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,«\*£&### 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 ##£*«¨¨¨¨¨
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