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###£@$;«,¨ he's not above petty crime, but he ¨,«;$@£###
#@$$;,,¨¨¨ knows that if he puts in a bit of work, ¨¨¨,,;$$@#
##@£@$;«,¨ he will find much more lucrative ¨,«;$@£@##
@@#£@$;«,¨ rewards. ¨,«;$@£#@@
#@#£@$;«,¨ ¨,«;$@£#@#
@££$$$;«,¨ and thus he's currently working ¨,«;$$$££@
###£@$;«,¨ alongside hatsune miku for a company ¨,«;$@£###
@##£@$;«,¨ that makes synthetic meal replacements. ¨,«;$@£##@
#@#£@$;«,¨ he's got a vague outline of a plan, to ¨,«;$@£#@#
#@;;,,¨¨¨¨ 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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##@#£@;«,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨,«;;@#
#@#£@$;«,¨ that's sold to customers. ¨,«;$@£#@#
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#£@;«««¨¨¨ the bases are mostly sludges ¨¨¨«««;@£#
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#@#£@$;«,¨ ;« plant matter ¨,«;$@£#@#
#@@$$«,,,¨ ;« blood colony ¨,,,«$$@@#
##@#@$;«,¨ (made with a type of bacteria) ¨,«;$@#@##
##@#@$;«,¨ ;« wild flesh ¨,«;$@#@##
#@#£@$;«,¨ (free roaming animals) ¨,«;$@£#@#
#@#£@$;«,¨ ;« organs ¨,«;$@£#@#
#@#£@$;«,¨ (taken from a living human that ¨,«;$@£#@#
###£@$;«,¨ is willing to sell) ¨,«;$@£###
£$;««,,¨¨¨ ;« minerals ¨¨¨,,««;$£
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#@;;,¨¨¨¨¨ ;« 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 ¨¨¨«;;@@£@
#@#£@$;«,¨ colonies. there's large vats of the ¨,«;$@£#@#
#@#£@$;«,¨ original culture which is fed blood ¨,«;$@£#@#
#@#£@$;«,¨ meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify ¨,«;$@£#@#
@@#£@$;«,¨ to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and ¨,«;$@£#@@
@#£@@$;«,¨ some processing chemicals. all these ¨,«;$@@£#@
##£$«¨¨¨¨¨ ingredients have an effect on the blood ¨¨¨¨¨«$£##
#@#£@$;«,¨ which in turn affects miku. ¨,«;$@£#@#
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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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#@#£@$;«,¨ the "wild flesh" vats. ¨,«;$@£#@#
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