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£%=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ alongside hatsune miku for a company ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=%£
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#@£§%%=~-¨ he's got a vague outline of a plan, to ¨-~=%%§£@#
§§%~~-¨¨¨¨ scatter with some product, or even ¨¨¨¨-~~%§§
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£§%%%~¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨-~=%%§£@#
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£%%%===~-¨ almost eerily empty. there are few ¨-~===%%%£
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#@£§%%=~-¨ none of the employees know this.) ¨-~=%%§£@#
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#@£§%%=~-¨ early processing, housed in a state of ¨-~=%%§£@#
@§%==--¨¨¨ the art factory close to the docks. ¨¨¨--==%§@
#@£§%%=~-¨ they create the early building blocks ¨-~=%%§£@#
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#@£§%%=~-¨ that's sold to customers. ¨-~=%%§£@#
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##@£%%=~-¨ the bases are mostly sludges ¨-~=%%£@##
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#@£§%%=~-¨ =~ wild flesh ¨-~=%%§£@#
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##@§%%=~-¨ =~ insects ¨-~=%%§@##
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##@§%%=~-¨ miku is in charge of the blood ¨-~=%%§@##
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#@£§%%=~-¨ original culture which is fed blood ¨-~=%%§£@#
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#@£§%%=~-¨ to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and ¨-~=%%§£@#
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£££§%%=~-¨ ingredients have an effect on the blood ¨-~=%%§£££
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#@£§%%=~-¨ there is a large tank behind the ¨-~=%%§£@#
##@§%%=~-¨ factory that contains a vast number of ¨-~=%%§@##
@@£§%%=~-¨ auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ¨-~=%%§£@@
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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 ¨-~=%%§£@#
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