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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. @££&¤*†«,,
,,«†*¤&@## ##@&¤*†«,,
,,,,,««*&@ 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. @@£&¤*†«,,
,,«†*¤¤¤&£ £&¤¤¤*†«,,
,,,,,««†¤& THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES &¤†««,,,,,
,,«††**&££ OR PASTES, SUCH AS: ££&**††«,,
,,,,,«*¤£@ @£¤*«,,,,,
,«†*¤&£@## †« 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. @&¤***†«,,
,,«†*¤&£@# #@£&¤*†«,,
,,«†*¤&£@# 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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