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.-«:::@&£# knows that if he puts in a bit of work, #£&@:::«-.
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.-«:=@&£££ 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 ##£&@=:«-.
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.-«:=@&&&& better, some formula? these things are &&&&@=:«-.
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.-«:=@&£## 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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.-«:=@&£## coworkers. (in fact the company is ##£&@=:«-.
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.-«:=@&£## 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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.-«:=@&&££ or pastes, such as: ££&&@=:«-.
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.-«:=@&£## :« plant matter ##£&@=:«-.
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.-«:=@&£## (made with a type of bacteria) ##£&@=:«-.
.-«:=@&£## :« wild flesh ##£&@=:«-.
.-«:====@£ (free roaming animals) £@====:«-.
.-«:=@&£## :« organs ##£&@=:«-.
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.-«:=@&£## :« minerals ##£&@=:«-.
.-«:=@&£## :« blood colony two ##£&@=:«-.
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.-«:=@&£## original culture which is fed blood ##£&@=:«-.
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.-«:=@&£## 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 £££&@=:«-.
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.-«:=@&£## the factory is surrounded by the blood ##£&@=:«-.
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....««::@& exchange of blood and blood meal. this &@::««....
...-:::@@& provides two of the major materials for &@@:::-...
...--::@@& both the colonies and miku. &@@::--...
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