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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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†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ NICK AND MIKU ARE BOTH STATIONED IN ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†
«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EARLY PROCESSING, HOUSED IN A STATE OF ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«
†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†
$†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEY CREATE THE EARLY BUILDING BLOCKS ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†$
%$†«^¨¨¨¨¨ THAT ARE LATER COMBINED INTO THE MEALS ¨¨¨¨¨^«†$%
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##&%$†«^¨¨ THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ¨¨^«†$%&##
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&%$†«^¨¨¨¨ †« BLOOD COLONY ¨¨¨¨^«†$%&
%$†«^¨¨¨¨¨ (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ¨¨¨¨¨^«†$%
$†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ †« WILD FLESH ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†$
†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†
«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ †« ORGANS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«
†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†
$†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ IS WILLING TO SELL) ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†$
%$†«^¨¨¨¨¨ †« MINERALS ¨¨¨¨¨^«†$%
&%$†«^¨¨¨¨ †« BLOOD COLONY TWO ¨¨¨¨^«†$%&
#&%$†«^¨¨¨ †« INSECTS ¨¨¨^«†$%&#
##&%$†«^¨¨ (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR ¨¨^«†$%&##
###&%$†«^¨ BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ¨^«†$%&###
##&%$†«^¨¨ RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) ¨¨^«†$%&##
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†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†
$†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†$
%$†«^¨¨¨¨¨ EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS ¨¨¨¨¨^«†$%
&%$†«^¨¨¨¨ PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR ¨¨¨¨^«†$%&
#&%$†«^¨¨¨ BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. ¨¨¨^«†$%&#
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%$†«^¨¨¨¨¨ NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ¨¨¨¨¨^«†$%
$†«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«†$
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