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¨¨¨««=§§£¶ knows that if he puts in a bit of work, ¶£§§=««¨¨¨
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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 ###&£§=«-¨
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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 #¶&§§«-¨¨¨
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¨-«=§£&¶## the bases are mostly sludges ##¶&£§=«-¨
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¨¨¨¨««§§£& =« plant matter &£§§««¨¨¨¨
¨-«=§£&¶## =« blood colony ##¶&£§=«-¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-=£¶# (free roaming animals) #¶£=-¨¨¨¨¨
¨-«=§£&¶## =« organs ##¶&£§=«-¨
¨¨¨¨-««=§& (taken from a living human that &§=««-¨¨¨¨
¨-«=§£&¶## is willing to sell) ##¶&£§=«-¨
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¨-«=§£&¶## =« 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 ##¶&£§=«-¨
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¨¨¨«====£¶ 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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