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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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##¶§$$/«,¨ COME TO THINK OF IT, THE PLACE IS ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ ALMOST EERILY EMPTY. THERE ARE FEW ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. ¨,«/$$§¶##
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##¶§$$/«,¨ NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THIS.) ¨,«/$$§¶##
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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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#¶§$$/«,¨¨ THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
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##¶§$$/«,¨ /« PLANT MATTER ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ /« BLOOD COLONY ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ /« WILD FLESH ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ /« ORGANS ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ IS WILLING TO SELL) ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ /« MINERALS ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ /« BLOOD COLONY TWO ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ /« INSECTS ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
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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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##¶§$$/«,¨ THERE IS A LARGE TANK BEHIND THE ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ UNCLEAR. ¨,«/$$§¶##
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##¶§$$/«,¨ THE FACTORY IS SURROUNDED BY THE BLOOD ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
##¶§$$/«,¨ BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. ¨,«/$$§¶##
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##¶§$$/«,¨ NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ¨,«/$$§¶##
#¶§$$/«,¨¨ THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ¨¨,«/$$§¶#
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