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¤$:«^,,,,, KNOWS THAT IF HE PUTS IN A BIT OF WORK, ,,,,,^«:$¤
¤$†«,,,,,, HE WILL FIND MUCH MORE LUCRATIVE ,,,,,,«†$¤
##£¤$†:«^, REWARDS. ,^«:†$¤£##
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££¤†«^^^,, AND THUS HE'S CURRENTLY WORKING ,,^^^«†¤££
@¤†††::«^, ALONGSIDE HATSUNE MIKU FOR A COMPANY ,^«::†††¤@
##@¤$†:«^, THAT MAKES SYNTHETIC MEAL REPLACEMENTS. ,^«:†$¤@##
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¤†«,,,,,,, SCATTER WITH SOME PRODUCT, OR EVEN ,,,,,,,«†¤
##@£¤$†:«^ BETTER, SOME FORMULA? THESE THINGS ARE ^«:†$¤£@##
¤$$::^,,,, WORTH A LOT TO A COMPETITOR. ,,,,^::$$¤
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##@£¤$†«^, HE'S BEEN LUCKY; THE PLACE IS ,^«†$¤£@##
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¤¤¤¤$†:«^, HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, IT'LL ,^«:†$¤¤¤¤
¤¤$$†«^,,, BE EASY TO JUST WALTZ OUT. UNTIL THEN, ,,,^«†$$¤¤
#@£¤$†:«^, KEEP DOING THE WORK... ,^«:†$¤£@#
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£¤$†«««^^, ALMOST EERILY EMPTY. THERE ARE FEW ,^^«««†$¤£
#@£¤$†:«^, COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS ,^«:†$¤£@#
£¤†«^^^,,, AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE ,,,^^^«†¤£
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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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#@£¤$†:«^, :« BLOOD COLONY ,^«:†$¤£@#
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##@¤$†:«^, :« WILD FLESH ,^«:†$¤@##
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¤¤†«^,,,,, :« ORGANS ,,,,,^«†¤¤
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##@¤$†:«^, IS WILLING TO SELL) ,^«:†$¤@##
£¤†««^^,,, :« MINERALS ,,,^^««†¤£
£$$$$†:«^, :« BLOOD COLONY TWO ,^«:†$$$$£
£¤¤¤$†:«^, :« INSECTS ,^«:†$¤¤¤£
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##@£¤$:«^, BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ,^«:$¤£@##
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¤$†::^^,,, MIKU IS IN CHARGE OF THE BLOOD ,,,^^::†$¤
@£¤$†::«^, COLONIES. THERE'S LARGE VATS OF THE ,^«::†$¤£@
#@£¤$†:«^, ORIGINAL CULTURE WHICH IS FED BLOOD ,^«:†$¤£@#
#@£¤$†:«^, MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY ,^«:†$¤£@#
#@£¤$†:«^, TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND ,^«:†$¤£@#
@£¤†«,,,,, SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE ,,,,,«†¤£@
##£¤$†:«^, INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD ,^«:†$¤£##
##£¤$†:«^, WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU. ,^«:†$¤£##
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@¤†««^^^,, THERE IS A LARGE TANK BEHIND THE ,,^^^««†¤@
#@£¤$†:«^, FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF ,^«:†$¤£@#
##£¤$†:«^, AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES ,^«:†$¤£##
@@£¤$†:«^, OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS ,^«:†$¤£@@
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@£¤$$†:«^, 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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