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,.«^=@@@¤# #¤@@@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@# #@#¤@=^«.,
,,,,,,«^@¤ ¤@^«,,,,,,
,.«^=@¤@## ##@¤@=^«.,
,.«^====@¤ ,. ««««««« ««««««« ««««««« ., ¤@====^«.,
,.«^=@¤### NICK WILDE IS A RED FOX AND A CONMAN. ###¤@=^«.,
,,,,,.^@¤¤ ,. ««««««« ««««««« ««««««« ., ¤¤@^.,,,,,
,.«^=@¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@# 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. ###¤@=^«.,
,,,,.^^=¤¤ ¤¤=^^.,,,,
,.«^=@¤#@# NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THIS.) #@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤@=^«.,
,,,,,,.^@¤ ««« ««« ¤@^.,,,,,,
,.«^=@¤#@# ««« ««« ««« #@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@# ««« ««« #@#¤@=^«.,
,,,,.^^^@¤ ¤@^^^.,,,,
,.«^=@¤@## 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) ##@¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@@¤## ##¤@@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@# ««« ««« #@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@@ ««« ««« ««« @@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤¤¤# ««« ««« #¤¤¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤### ###¤@=^«.,
,,,.«^=@¤# 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. #@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@# #@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@@ ««« ««« @@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@@ ««« ««« ««« @@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@# ««« ««« #@#¤@=^«.,
,.«««====¤ ¤====«««.,
,.«^=@¤#@# NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND #@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤#@# THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. #@#¤@=^«.,
,,,,,.«=@# #@=«.,,,,,
,.«^=@¤#@# #@#¤@=^«.,
,.«^=@¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤@=^«.,
,.«^=¤#@## ##@#¤=^«.,
,,,,.^===¤ ¤===^.,,,,