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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       ¶%^~,,,,,,
,,,,,,^%£@            Or Pastes, Such As:           @£%^,,,,,,
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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                              ¶¶££%%^~,,
,,~^%%£¶@#        (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.       @¶¶£%%^~,,
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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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