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...^\***@£ HE WILL FIND MUCH MORE LUCRATIVE £@***\^...
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.^-\*¤@£## ALONGSIDE HATSUNE MIKU FOR A COMPANY ##£@¤*\-^.
.^-\*¤@£## THAT MAKES SYNTHETIC MEAL REPLACEMENTS. ##£@¤*\-^.
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.^-\*¤@£## SCATTER WITH SOME PRODUCT, OR EVEN ##£@¤*\-^.
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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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.^-\*¤@£## FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. ##£@¤*\-^.
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.^-\*¤¤¤@£ 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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.^-\*¤@£## \- PLANT MATTER ##£@¤*\-^.
.^-\*¤@£## \- BLOOD COLONY ##£@¤*\-^.
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.^-\*¤@£## \- WILD FLESH ##£@¤*\-^.
.^-\*****@ (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) @*****\-^.
.^-\*¤@£## \- ORGANS ##£@¤*\-^.
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....^-\**@ \- MINERALS @**\-^....
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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 ##£@¤*\-^.
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....-\*@@# 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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