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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 ..........
.......... 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. ...-«\%@@#
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###@@%\«-. 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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.......... 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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@@%\«-.... the bases are mostly sludges ....-«\%@@
@%\«-..... or pastes, such as: .....-«\%@
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\«-....... \« 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) ....-«\%@@
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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 ........-«
\«-....... unclear. .......-«\
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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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\«-....... nick is uncomfortable around .......-«\
«-........ the "wild flesh" vats. ........-«
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