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##@£§%;«-¨ knows that if he puts in a bit of work, ¨-«;%§£@##
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##@£§%;«-¨ and thus he's currently working ¨-«;%§£@##
##@£§%;«-¨ alongside hatsune miku for a company ¨-«;%§£@##
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£§§§;«-¨¨¨ he's got a vague outline of a plan, to ¨¨¨-«;§§§£
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#@£%;;---¨ he's been lucky; the place is ¨---;;%£@#
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@§§%;-¨¨¨¨ his paws on something worthwhile, it'll ¨¨¨¨-;%§§@
#@§%«----¨ be easy to just waltz out. until then, ¨----«%§@#
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#@§;;«-¨¨¨ come to think of it, the place is ¨¨¨-«;;§@#
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#££%««¨¨¨¨ that are later combined into the meals ¨¨¨¨««%££#
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£§§;-¨¨¨¨¨ colonies. there's large vats of the ¨¨¨¨¨-;§§£
£§;«¨¨¨¨¨¨ original culture which is fed blood ¨¨¨¨¨¨«;§£
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##@£§%;«-¨ auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ¨-«;%§£@##
##@£§%;«-¨ over these as well. their purpose is ¨-«;%§£@##
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##@£§%;«-¨ exchange of blood and blood meal. this ¨-«;%§£@##
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