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...:==†$$£ knows that if he puts in a bit of work, £$$†==:...
.:»=†$££## he will find much more lucrative ##££$†=»:.
.:»=†$£@## rewards. ##@£$†=»:.
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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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.:»=$££@## nick and miku are both stationed in ##@££$=»:.
.:»=†$££@# early processing, housed in a state of #@££$†=»:.
.:»=†$££@@ the art factory close to the docks. @@££$†=»:.
.:»=†$££## they create the early building blocks ##££$†=»:.
.:»=††$£££ that are later combined into the meals £££$††=»:.
.:»=†$££@# that's sold to customers. #@££$†=»:.
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.:»»»†$££@ the bases are mostly sludges @££$†»»»:.
.:»=†$££@@ or pastes, such as: @@££$†=»:.
....»»†££@ @££†»»....
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.:»=†$$$£@ =» blood colony @£$$$†=»:.
.::»»»†££@ (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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.:»=†$$£££ miku is in charge of the blood £££$$†=»:.
.....:==$£ colonies. there's large vats of the £$==:.....
.:»=†$££@# original culture which is fed blood #@££$†=»:.
.:»=†$££@# meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify #@££$†=»:.
.:»=†$££@# to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and #@££$†=»:.
.:»=†$££@# some processing chemicals. all these #@££$†=»:.
...:==$$£@ ingredients have an effect on the blood @£$$==:...
.:»=†$££@# which in turn affects miku. #@££$†=»:.
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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 ££†»»»»:..
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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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