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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.        ,,,#,#####
,,#,,#,#,#                                          #,,###,,,,
,,##,#####       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                               ,,#,,,####
##,,,,,,,,        (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.       ,,,,#,#,,,
,#######,#                                          #,,,####,,
,#,,,,,,##     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.                 ,###,#,,,,
,#,#,##,#,                                          ,#,,###,,,
,#####,###  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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