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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.       ,###,##,,,
#,##,,###,                                          #,,##,#,,,
##,#,#,,##      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.         #,##,##,,#
#,,#,,##,#                                          ##,##,#,#,
#,##,#,###     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)    ,#,####,,#
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#,##,,##,,        (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.                 ,###,##,,,
#,##,,###,                                          #,,##,#,,,
##,#,#,,##  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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