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#¶¶§£†;--, he will find much more lucrative ,--;†£§¶¶#
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###¶£†;--, and thus he's currently working ,--;†£¶###
#§£†;;-,,, alongside hatsune miku for a company ,,,-;;†£§#
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##¶§£†;--, 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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#§£;;-,,,, the art factory close to the docks. ,,,,-;;£§#
#§§§£†;--, they create the early building blocks ,--;†£§§§#
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##¶§£†;--, ;- organs ,--;†£§¶##
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##¶§£†;--, original culture which is fed blood ,--;†£§¶##
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¶¶§††;---, 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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##¶§£†;--, auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ,--;†£§¶##
¶§§££†;--, over these as well. their purpose is ,--;†££§§¶
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§††;---,,, exchange of blood and blood meal. this ,,,---;††§
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