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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 ¨:«†=@¤@##
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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 ¨:«†=@@@@¤
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#@@¤@=†«:¨ †« WILD FLESH ¨:«†=@¤@@#
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##@¤@=†«:¨ †« ORGANS ¨:«†=@¤@##
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##@¤@=†«:¨ IS WILLING TO SELL) ¨:«†=@¤@##
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##@¤@=†«:¨ BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ¨:«†=@¤@##
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@¤¤@=††«:¨ COLONIES. THERE'S LARGE VATS OF THE ¨:«††=@¤¤@
##@¤@=†«:¨ ORIGINAL CULTURE WHICH IS FED BLOOD ¨:«†=@¤@##
¤@††:¨¨¨¨¨ MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY ¨¨¨¨¨:††@¤
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¤=†:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨«=¤@#
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##@¤@=†«:¨ PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR ¨:«†=@¤@##
##@¤@=†«:¨ BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. ¨:«†=@¤@##
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