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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 ##*†....,,
,.~†*$#### REWARDS. ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### AND THUS HE'S CURRENTLY WORKING ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### ALONGSIDE HATSUNE MIKU FOR A COMPANY ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### THAT MAKES SYNTHETIC MEAL REPLACEMENTS. ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### HE'S GOT A VAGUE OUTLINE OF A PLAN, TO ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### SCATTER WITH SOME PRODUCT, OR EVEN ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### BETTER, SOME FORMULA? THESE THINGS ARE ####$*†~.,
,.~†††*### WORTH A LOT TO A COMPETITOR. ###*†††~.,
,.~†*$#### ####$*†~.,
,,,,~†*### HE'S BEEN LUCKY; THE PLACE IS ###*†~,,,,
,,,,,.††$# SURPRISINGLY UNGUARDED. ONCE HE'S GOT #$††.,,,,,
,.~†*$#### HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, IT'LL ####$*†~.,
,,,,~~†$## BE EASY TO JUST WALTZ OUT. UNTIL THEN, ##$†~~,,,,
,.~†*$#### KEEP DOING THE WORK... ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### ####$*†~.,
,,,,,.~~*# 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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,.~†*$#### THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ####$*†~.,
,,,,,,~*$# OR PASTES, SUCH AS: #$*~,,,,,,
,.~†*$#### ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### †~ PLANT MATTER ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### †~ BLOOD COLONY ####$*†~.,
,,,..†$### (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ###$†..,,,
,,,,,,~†$# †~ WILD FLESH #$†~,,,,,,
,.~†*$#### (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### †~ ORGANS ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### IS WILLING TO SELL) ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### †~ MINERALS ####$*†~.,
,,,..~††*# †~ 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. ##*~~....,
,.~†*$#### ####$*†~.,
,,,,,,~*$# THERE IS A LARGE TANK BEHIND THE #$*~,,,,,,
,.~†*$#### FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF ####$*†~.,
,,,,.††*## AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES ##*††.,,,,
,.~†*$#### OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS ####$*†~.,
,,,,,~†*$# UNCLEAR. #$*†~,,,,,
,,,..†*$## ##$*†..,,,
,,.~~*$$## THE FACTORY IS SURROUNDED BY THE BLOOD ##$$*~~.,,
,.~†*$#### MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR ####$*†~.,
,.~†*$#### BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. ####$*†~.,
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,.~†*$#### NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ####$*†~.,
,.~†**$### THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ###$**†~.,
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