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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 ####@§^«,.
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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 ##§«,.....
.,«^§@#### 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 ##§§««....
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.,«^§@#### THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. ####@§^«,.
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.,«^§@#### THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ####@§^«,.
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.,«^§@#### ^« BLOOD COLONY ####@§^«,.
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.,«^§@#### ^« WILD FLESH ####@§^«,.
....,««§@# (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) #@§««,....
.,«^§@@### ^« ORGANS ###@@§^«,.
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.,«^§@#### ^« BLOOD COLONY TWO ####@§^«,.
.,«^§@#### ^« INSECTS ####@§^«,.
.,«^§@#### (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR ####@§^«,.
.,«^§@#### 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 ####@§^«,.
.,«^§§@### 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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.,«^§@#### NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ####@§^«,.
.....«^§§# THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. #§§^«.....
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