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¨,==^$§£## NICK WILDE IS A RED FOX AND A CONMAN. ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# ¨, ======= ======= ======= ,¨ #£§$^==,¨¨
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¨¨,==^$§£# HE'S NOT ABOVE PETTY CRIME, BUT HE #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## KNOWS THAT IF HE PUTS IN A BIT OF WORK, ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# HE WILL FIND MUCH MORE LUCRATIVE #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## REWARDS. ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## AND THUS HE'S CURRENTLY WORKING ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# ALONGSIDE HATSUNE MIKU FOR A COMPANY #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## THAT MAKES SYNTHETIC MEAL REPLACEMENTS. ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# HE'S GOT A VAGUE OUTLINE OF A PLAN, TO #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## SCATTER WITH SOME PRODUCT, OR EVEN ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# BETTER, SOME FORMULA? THESE THINGS ARE #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## WORTH A LOT TO A COMPETITOR. ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## HE'S BEEN LUCKY; THE PLACE IS ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# SURPRISINGLY UNGUARDED. ONCE HE'S GOT #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, IT'LL ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# BE EASY TO JUST WALTZ OUT. UNTIL THEN, #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## KEEP DOING THE WORK... ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## COME TO THINK OF IT, THE PLACE IS ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# ALMOST EERILY EMPTY. THERE ARE FEW #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. ##£§$^==,¨
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¨,==^$§£## NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THIS.) ##£§$^==,¨
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¨,==^$§£## NICK AND MIKU ARE BOTH STATIONED IN ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# EARLY PROCESSING, HOUSED IN A STATE OF #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# THEY CREATE THE EARLY BUILDING BLOCKS #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## THAT ARE LATER COMBINED INTO THE MEALS ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## OR PASTES, SUCH AS: ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## == PLANT MATTER ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# == BLOOD COLONY #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# == WILD FLESH #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# == ORGANS #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# IS WILLING TO SELL) #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## == MINERALS ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# == BLOOD COLONY TWO #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## == INSECTS ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) #£§$^==,¨¨
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¨¨,==^$§£# MIKU IS IN CHARGE OF THE BLOOD #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## COLONIES. THERE'S LARGE VATS OF THE ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# ORIGINAL CULTURE WHICH IS FED BLOOD #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU. ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## THERE IS A LARGE TANK BEHIND THE ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## UNCLEAR. ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## THE FACTORY IS SURROUNDED BY THE BLOOD ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR #£§$^==,¨¨
¨,==^$§£## BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. ##£§$^==,¨
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¨,==^$§£## NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ##£§$^==,¨
¨¨,==^$§£# THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. #£§$^==,¨¨
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