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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. ¨¨~«=§&§@#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~«=§&
§=«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«=
«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ OR PASTES, SUCH AS: ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«=§
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«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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§&§=«~¨¨¨¨ NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ¨¨¨¨~«=§&§
@§&§=«~¨¨¨ THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ¨¨¨~«=§&§@
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