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§&:~:¨¨¨¨¨ he's not above petty crime, but he ¨¨¨¨¨:~:&§
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###§&§:~:¨ he will find much more lucrative ¨:~:§&§###
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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 ¨:~:§&####
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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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#&&&&§:~:¨ (made with a type of bacteria) ¨:~:§&&&&#
###§&§:~:¨ :~ wild flesh ¨:~:§&§###
###§&§:~:¨ (free roaming animals) ¨:~:§&§###
###§&§:~:¨ :~ organs ¨:~:§&§###
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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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