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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 ,:~:^£§@##
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#@¶§£^:~:, worth a lot to a competitor. ,:~:^£§¶@#
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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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§§££^^:~:, come to think of it, the place is ,:~:^^££§§
#@¶§£^:~:, almost eerily empty. there are few ,:~:^£§¶@#
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#@¶§£^:~:, ai-run and only a few key roles are ,:~:^£§¶@#
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#@¶§£^:~:, the art factory close to the docks. ,:~:^£§¶@#
¶¶¶§£^:~:, they create the early building blocks ,:~:^£§¶¶¶
#@¶§£^:~:, that are later combined into the meals ,:~:^£§¶@#
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#@¶§£^:~:, is willing to sell) ,:~:^£§¶@#
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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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#@¶§£^:~:, there is a large tank behind the ,:~:^£§¶@#
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§£^~~~:,,, auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ,,,:~~~^£§
#@¶§£^:~:, over these as well. their purpose is ,:~:^£§¶@#
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@@¶§£^:~:, meal farms. there is a constant ,:~:^£§¶@@
#@¶§£^:~:, exchange of blood and blood meal. this ,:~:^£§¶@#
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#@¶§£^:~:, both the colonies and miku. ,:~:^£§¶@#
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