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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 #.###..##.
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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 #.#.##.##.
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##..#.#.## \» insects #....#...#
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...#..#### colonies. there's large vats of the ..#.##.###
..##.#.... original culture which is fed blood .###.##..#
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#..##..##. which in turn affects miku. ..##.####.
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.......#.# factory that contains a vast number of ..###.##.#
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.....#..#. over these as well. their purpose is ##.#.##..#
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..###.#.#. the factory is surrounded by the blood #..#...###
.#..###### meal farms. there is a constant #.##..#..#
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