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#@#§@%/«,. nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. .,«/%@§#@#
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##§%«,.... knows that if he puts in a bit of work, ....,«%§##
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#@#§@%/«,. 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, ....«%@§§#
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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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#@#§@%/«,. 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. .,«««//@§@
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#@#§@%/«,. the bases are mostly sludges .,«/%@§#@#
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#@#§@%/«,. /« 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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#@#§@%/«,. over these as well. their purpose is .,«/%@§#@#
#@#§@%/«,. unclear. .,«/%@§#@#
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