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##£&$§/~,¨ HE'S NOT ABOVE PETTY CRIME, BUT HE ¨,~/§$&£##
##£&$§/~,¨ KNOWS THAT IF HE PUTS IN A BIT OF WORK, ¨,~/§$&£##
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##£&$§/~,¨ ALONGSIDE HATSUNE MIKU FOR A COMPANY ¨,~/§$&£##
##£&$§/~,¨ THAT MAKES SYNTHETIC MEAL REPLACEMENTS. ¨,~/§$&£##
##£&$§/~,¨ HE'S GOT A VAGUE OUTLINE OF A PLAN, TO ¨,~/§$&£##
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#£$$§§/~,¨ HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, IT'LL ¨,~/§§$$£#
##£&$§/~,¨ BE EASY TO JUST WALTZ OUT. UNTIL THEN, ¨,~/§$&£##
&&§§/~~,¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨,~/§&#
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##£&$§/~,¨ EARLY PROCESSING, HOUSED IN A STATE OF ¨,~/§$&£##
&$$§§~,¨¨¨ THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. ¨¨¨,~§§$$&
##£&$§/~,¨ THEY CREATE THE EARLY BUILDING BLOCKS ¨,~/§$&£##
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##£&$§/~,¨ THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. ¨,~/§$&£##
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##£&$§/~,¨ THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ¨,~/§$&£##
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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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##£&$§/~,¨ THERE IS A LARGE TANK BEHIND THE ¨,~/§$&£##
##£&$§/~,¨ FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF ¨,~/§$&£##
##£&$§/~,¨ AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES ¨,~/§$&£##
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##£&$§/~,¨ MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT ¨,~/§$&£##
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