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@£^/-^¨¨¨¨ he will find much more lucrative ¨¨¨¨^-/^£@
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##@@£^/-^¨ and thus he's currently working ¨^-/^£@@##
#@@£^/-^¨¨ alongside hatsune miku for a company ¨¨^-/^£@@#
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@£^/-^¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨^-/^£@@##
#@@£^/-^¨¨ surprisingly unguarded. once he's got ¨¨^-/^£@@#
@@£^/-^¨¨¨ his paws on something worthwhile, it'll ¨¨¨^-/^£@@
@£^/-^¨¨¨¨ be easy to just waltz out. until then, ¨¨¨¨^-/^£@
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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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@£^/-^¨¨¨¨ early processing, housed in a state of ¨¨¨¨^-/^£@
£^/-^¨¨¨¨¨ the art factory close to the docks. ¨¨¨¨¨^-/^£
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#@@£^/-^¨¨ that's sold to customers. ¨¨^-/^£@@#
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#@@£^/-^¨¨ the bases are mostly sludges ¨¨^-/^£@@#
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#@@£^/-^¨¨ /- wild flesh ¨¨^-/^£@@#
##@@£^/-^¨ (free roaming animals) ¨^-/^£@@##
#@@£^/-^¨¨ /- organs ¨¨^-/^£@@#
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#@@£^/-^¨¨ (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 ¨¨^-/^£@@#
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@£^/-^¨¨¨¨ to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and ¨¨¨¨^-/^£@
£^/-^¨¨¨¨¨ some processing chemicals. all these ¨¨¨¨¨^-/^£
@£^/-^¨¨¨¨ ingredients have an effect on the blood ¨¨¨¨^-/^£@
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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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