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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 #..##.#...
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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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....###... miku is in charge of the blood ..##.##.##
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##..##.##. 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 ...###..##
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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 .###.####.
#.###.#.## meal farms. there is a constant .#..##...#
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