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##@#$=^~~. Nick wilde Is A Red Fox And A Conman. .~~^=$#@##
##@#§$=^~~ .~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~. ~~^=$§#@##
#@#§$=^~~. .~~^=$§#@#
#@#§$=^~~. He'S Not Above Petty Crime, But He .~~^=$§#@#
##§===^~~. Knows That If He Puts In A Bit Of Work, .~~^===§##
#@#§$=^~~. He Will Find Much More Lucrative .~~^=$§#@#
§§§$$=^~~. Rewards. .~~^=$$§§§
#@#§$=^~~. .~~^=$§#@#
#@#§$=^~~. And Thus He'S Currently Working .~~^=$§#@#
##$$$=^~~. Alongside Hatsune miku For A Company .~~^=$$$##
#@#§$=^~~. That Makes Synthetic Meal Replacements. .~~^=$§#@#
#@#§$=^~~. He'S Got A Vague Outline Of A Plan, To .~~^=$§#@#
#$==~~~... Scatter With Some Product, Or Even ...~~~==$#
#@#§$=^~~. Better, Some Formula? These Things Are .~~^=$§#@#
#@#§$=^~~. Worth A Lot To A Competitor. .~~^=$§#@#
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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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@§§$^~.... Nick And Miku Are Both Stationed In ....~^$§§@
#@#§$=^~~. Early Processing, Housed In A State Of .~~^=$§#@#
#$=~~..... The Art Factory Close To The Docks. .....~~=$#
#$=^~~~~~. They Create The Early Building Blocks .~~~~~^=$#
#$$$$=^~~. That Are Later Combined Into The Meals .~~^=$$$$#
#@#§$=^~~. That'S Sold To Customers. .~~^=$§#@#
#@#§$=^~~. .~~^=$§#@#
@@#§$=^~~. The Bases Are Mostly Sludges .~~^=$§#@@
#$^~~..... Or Pastes, Such As: .....~~^$#
#@#§$=^~~. .~~^=$§#@#
##$^~..... ^~ Plant Matter .....~^$##
#@#§$=^~~. ^~ Blood Colony .~~^=$§#@#
#$==^~~... (Made With A Type Of Bacteria) ...~~^==$#
#@#§$=^~~. ^~ Wild Flesh .~~^=$§#@#
@##§$=^~~. (Free Roaming Animals) .~~^=$§##@
§$$$^~.... ^~ 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 ....~=$$$§
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#$$$$=^~~. Miku Is In Charge Of The Blood .~~^=$$$$#
#@#§$=^~~. Colonies. There'S Large Vats Of The .~~^=$§#@#
#@#§$=^~~. Original Culture Which Is Fed Blood .~~^=$§#@#
@§§$$=^~~. Meal, Bone Meal, What Doesn'T Qualify .~~^=$$§§@
§§==~~.... To Go In The "Wild Flesh" Paste, And ....~~==§§
###§$=^~~. Some Processing Chemicals. All These .~~^=$§###
@#$^~..... Ingredients Have An Effect On The Blood .....~^$#@
#@#§$=^~~. Which In Turn Affects Miku. .~~^=$§#@#
@#§§$=^~~. .~~^=$§§#@
##@#§$=^~. There Is A Large Tank Behind The .~^=$§#@##
@§==^~~~.. Factory That Contains A Vast Number Of ..~~~^==§@
#$=~...... Auxilliary Blood Colonies. Miku Watches ......~=$#
§=~~~~~... Over These As Well. Their Purpose Is ...~~~~~=§
§$$$^~.... Unclear. ....~^$$$§
#@#§$=^~~. .~~^=$§#@#
@§§§$=^~~. The Factory Is Surrounded By The Blood .~~^=$§§§@
###§$=^~~. Meal Farms. There Is A Constant .~~^=$§###
###§$=^~~. Exchange Of Blood And Blood Meal. This .~~^=$§###
§$^^~~~~.. Provides Two Of The Major Materials For ..~~~~^^$§
#@#§$=^~~. Both The Colonies And Miku. .~~^=$§#@#
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#$^^~..... Nick Is Uncomfortable Around .....~^^$#
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