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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 ¨,-^%£#£££
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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, ¨,-^%£#£##
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££££%--¨¨¨ 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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£££#£%^-,¨ the art factory close to the docks. ¨,-^%£#£££
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##£#£%^-,¨ ^- blood colony ¨,-^%£#£##
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#%-,,,¨¨¨¨ ^- wild flesh ¨¨¨¨,,,-%#
£#%^^^^-,¨ (free roaming animals) ¨,-^^^^%#£
££#£^-¨¨¨¨ ^- organs ¨¨¨¨-^£#££
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##£#£%^-,¨ ^- blood colony two ¨,-^%£#£##
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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 ¨¨¨¨,,--%#
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#£^---,¨¨¨ some processing chemicals. all these ¨¨¨,---^£#
##£#£%^-,¨ ingredients have an effect on the blood ¨,-^%£#£##
##£#£%^-,¨ which in turn affects miku. ¨,-^%£#£##
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#%---,¨¨¨¨ auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ¨¨¨¨,---%#
#£#%^^--,¨ over these as well. their purpose is ¨,--^^%#£#
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#£^^-¨¨¨¨¨ meal farms. there is a constant ¨¨¨¨¨-^^£#
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