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,-«=%£@### 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 @£%««,,,,,
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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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