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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    ###@&§/«,.
.,«/§$&@##    COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS    ##@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&###   AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE    ###&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&&&#         FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE.         #&&&$§/«,.
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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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.,«/§§§$&@       THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES       @&$§§§/«,.
......,/$@           OR PASTES, SUCH AS:            @$/,......
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.....,//$@  /« PLANT MATTER                         @$//,.....
.,«/§$&###  /« BLOOD COLONY                         ###&$§/«,.
....««/§$@        (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA)    @$§/««....
.,«/§$&@##  /« WILD FLESH                           ##@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@##        (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS)            ##@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@@@  /« ORGANS                               @@@&$§/«,.
....,/§&@#        (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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.,«//§§$&#      MIKU IS IN CHARGE OF THE BLOOD      #&$§§//«,.
.,«/§$&&&@    COLONIES. THERE'S LARGE VATS OF THE   @&&&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@@@   ORIGINAL CULTURE WHICH IS FED BLOOD    @@@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@##   MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY  ##@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@##   TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND   ##@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@@#   SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE   #@@&$§/«,.
......,/§& INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD  &§/,......
....,«//§&        WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU.       &§//«,....
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.,«/§$&@##     THERE IS A LARGE TANK BEHIND THE     ##@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@##  FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF  ##@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@##  AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES ##@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@@@   OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS   @@@&$§/«,.
.......«§&                 UNCLEAR.                 &§«.......
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.,«/§$&@##  THE FACTORY IS SURROUNDED BY THE BLOOD  ##@&$§/«,.
.,«/§$&@##      MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT     ##@&$§/«,.
...,,,«/$&  EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS  &$/«,,,...
...,«««/$&  PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR &$/«««,...
.,«/§$&@##        BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU.       ##@&$§/«,.
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.,«««§§$&#       NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND       #&$§§«««,.
.,«/§$&###          THE "WILD FLESH" VATS.          ###&$§/«,.
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