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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. §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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: §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ^« 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. §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
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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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