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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. #@@£§^*=~,
,~=*^§£@@# #@@£§^*=~,
,~=*^§£@@@ 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. @£^=~~,,,,
,~=*^§£@@# #@@£§^*=~,
,~=*^§£@@@ 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. @£§§^*~~,,
,,,~~~~=^£ £^=~~~~,,,
,~~==*^^£@ 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: ##@£§^*=~,
,~=*^§£@@# #@@£§^*=~,
,,,====^££ *= 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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,,,,,,=^£@ === === === @£^=,,,,,,
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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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