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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. &&£\\~~..¨
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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 &£££*~..¨¨
¨.~\*££&&@ or pastes, such as: @&&££*\~.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨.~\£@ \~ plant matter @£\~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~\*£&@## \~ blood colony ##@&£*\~.¨
¨.~\*£&@## (made with a type of bacteria) ##@&£*\~.¨
¨.~\\\*&&@ \~ wild flesh @&&*\\\~.¨
¨.~\*£&&@@ (free roaming animals) @@&&£*\~.¨
¨.~\*£&& \~ organs #&&&£*\~.¨
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¨.~\*£&@## is willing to sell) ##@&£*\~.¨
¨¨¨...\\£& \~ minerals &£\\...¨¨¨
¨.~\*£&@## \~ blood colony two ##@&£*\~.¨
¨¨..~*£&@# \~ insects #@&£*~..¨¨
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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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¨.~\*£&@## the "wild flesh" vats. ##@&£*\~.¨
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