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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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¨¨¨¨^*@#££ 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 ##£#@**«^¨
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¨^«**@#£## is willing to sell) ##£#@**«^¨
¨^«*@#£### *« minerals ###£#@*«^¨
¨^«**#£### *« blood colony two ###£#**«^¨
¨^«**@#££# *« insects #££#@**«^¨
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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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