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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 ££§=~~^^,,
,^~/===£££ THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. £££===/~^,
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,,,^~~//§£ THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES £§//~~^,,,
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,,,,^~~=§# /~ PLANT MATTER #§=~~^,,,,
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,,,,^^/§£# (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) #£§/^^,,,,
,,,,^^~/§£ /~ ORGANS £§/~^^,,,,
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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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,^~/=§£### 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 ££===~~^^,
,^~/=§£### MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT ###£§=/~^,
,^~/=§£### EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS ###£§=/~^,
,^~/=§£### PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR ###£§=/~^,
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