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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 ,,,---~%##
#&&&&%†~-, 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. ,,,-~†%#@#
##@#&%†~-, ,-~†%&#@##
##@#&%†~-, 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. ,-~†%&@###
##@#&%†~-, ,-~†%&#@##
####&%†~-, 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 ,-~†%&#@##
#@##&%†~-, 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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##@#&%†~-, †~ PLANT MATTER ,-~†%&#@##
##@#&%†~-, †~ BLOOD COLONY ,-~†%&#@##
##&†~----, (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ,----~†&##
#@@#&%†~-, †~ WILD FLESH ,-~†%&#@@#
##@#&%†~-, (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ,-~†%&#@##
##@#&%†~-, †~ ORGANS ,-~†%&#@##
##&&&%†~-, (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ,-~†%&&&##
##@#&%†~-, IS WILLING TO SELL) ,-~†%&#@##
@&†~,,,,,, †~ MINERALS ,,,,,,~†&@
##@#&%†~-, †~ BLOOD COLONY TWO ,-~†%&#@##
##@#&%†~-, †~ INSECTS ,-~†%&#@##
##@#&%†~-, (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR ,-~†%&#@##
#@##&%†~-, BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ,-~†%&##@#
##@#&%†~-, RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) ,-~†%&#@##
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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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