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##£¤%*=-~¨ he's not above petty crime, but he ¨~-=*%¤£##
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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 ¨~-=*%¤¤££
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#£%%%*=-~¨ he's been lucky; the place is ¨~-=*%%%£#
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£¤%%*=~¨¨¨ his paws on something worthwhile, it'll ¨¨¨~=*%%¤£
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#¤**-~¨¨¨¨ 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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¤¤%*=~~¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨~~=*%¤#
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#£¤%*--~~¨ meal farms. there is a constant ¨~~--*%¤£#
###£¤%*=-¨ exchange of blood and blood meal. this ¨-=*%¤£###
###£%*=-~¨ provides two of the major materials for ¨~-=*%£###
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