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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 ,,,,,,,,,-
=-,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,-
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=-,,,,,,,, == 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 ,,,,-==^£#
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^==-,,,,,, BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ,,,,,,-==^
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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. ,,-==^£###
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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 ,,,,,,,-==
=-,,,,,,,, UNCLEAR. ,,,,,,,,-=
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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