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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. ###§§%†=,,
,,=†%§§### ###§§%†=,,
,,=†%§§### 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. #§†††=,,,,
,,,=††††§# #§††††=,,,
,,=†%§§§§# 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. §§§†,,,,,,
,,,,,,=%%§ §%%=,,,,,,
,,=†%§§### THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ###§§%†=,,
,,=†%§§### OR PASTES, SUCH AS: ###§§%†=,,
,,=†%§§### ###§§%†=,,
,,=†%§§### †= 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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,,=†%§§### === === ###§§%†=,,
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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. #§%†==,,,,
,,=†%§§### ###§§%†=,,
,,=†%§§### 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. §§§%====,,
,,=†%§§### ###§§%†=,,
,,,,,,††§# 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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