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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. ,^«^^¤£###
£¤^«««^^,, 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 ,^«^^¤£###
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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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###£¤^^«^, (free roaming animals) ,^«^^¤£###
££¤^^««^,, ^« organs ,,^««^^¤££
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£^«,,,,,,, is willing to sell) ,,,,,,,«^£
#¤¤^«^^,,, ^« minerals ,,,^^«^¤¤#
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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 ,,,,,«^¤£#
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