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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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##.#.#.##. 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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..#.###..# 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 ####.#.#..
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##..####.. ingredients have an effect on the blood ##..#....#
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..###.#... auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ####.##.#.
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.#.#.#.#.# meal farms. there is a constant ..##.#.#..
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