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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     #,#,##,##,
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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...          #,,####,,,
#,##,##,,,                                          ,#,#,,,#,,
###,##,#,,     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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##,#,,#,#,  =« WILD FLESH                           ,,##,#,#,,
#,###,####        (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS)            #,#,#####,
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,,,,,##,,#        (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   ,,##,##,##
,,#,,#,,#,   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  ###,#,####
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#,,,,,####       NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND       ,,#,,##,,,
##,,,,#,,,          THE "WILD FLESH" VATS.          ,,##,#,#,,
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