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=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ knows that if he puts in a bit of work, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=
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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 ¨¨¨^~=%£¶#
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=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ he's been lucky; the place is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=
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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=
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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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=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ =~ minerals ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=
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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ =~ insects ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (which are mainly used for their ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ brain, which is used to extract ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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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 ¨¨¨^~=%£¶#
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£%=~^¨¨¨¨¨ some processing chemicals. all these ¨¨¨¨¨^~=%£
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=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
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£%=~^¨¨¨¨¨ the factory is surrounded by the blood ¨¨¨¨¨^~=%£
¶£%=~^¨¨¨¨ meal farms. there is a constant ¨¨¨¨^~=%£¶
#¶£%=~^¨¨¨ exchange of blood and blood meal. this ¨¨¨^~=%£¶#
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