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#@¶¤£*/»., knows that if he puts in a bit of work, ,.»/*£¤¶@#
#@¶¤£*/»., he will find much more lucrative ,.»/*£¤¶@#
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#@¶¤£*/»., and thus he's currently working ,.»/*£¤¶@#
##@¤£*/»., alongside hatsune miku for a company ,.»/*£¤@##
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¤¤*»»»»»., he's got a vague outline of a plan, to ,.»»»»»*¤¤
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@¶£**/..,, better, some formula? these things are ,,../**£¶@
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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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##¶¤£*/»., almost eerily empty. there are few ,.»/*£¤¶##
#@¶¤£*/»., coworkers. (in fact the company is ,.»/*£¤¶@#
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##@¤£*/»., meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify ,.»/*£¤@##
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#@¶¤£*/»., ingredients have an effect on the blood ,.»/*£¤¶@#
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#@¶¤£*/»., 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 ,.»/*£¤¶@#
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#@¶¤£*/»., exchange of blood and blood meal. this ,.»/*£¤¶@#
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