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£**†~^¨¨¨¨ he will find much more lucrative ¨¨¨¨^~†**£
**†~^¨¨¨¨¨ rewards. ¨¨¨¨¨^~†**
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#@£**†~^¨¨ alongside hatsune miku for a company ¨¨^~†**£@#
##@£**†~^¨ that makes synthetic meal replacements. ¨^~†**£@##
#@£**†~^¨¨ he's got a vague outline of a plan, to ¨¨^~†**£@#
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£**†~^¨¨¨¨ better, some formula? these things are ¨¨¨¨^~†**£
**†~^¨¨¨¨¨ worth a lot to a competitor. ¨¨¨¨¨^~†**
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#@£**†~^¨¨ suprisingly unguarded. once he's got ¨¨^~†**£@#
##@£**†~^¨ his paws on something worthwile, it'll ¨^~†**£@##
#@£**†~^¨¨ be easy to just waltz out. until then, ¨¨^~†**£@#
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#@£**†~^¨¨ ai-run and only a few key roles are ¨¨^~†**£@#
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#@£**†~^¨¨ early processing, housed in a state of ¨¨^~†**£@#
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£**†~^¨¨¨¨ 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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£**†~^¨¨¨¨ †~ blood colony ¨¨¨¨^~†**£
**†~^¨¨¨¨¨ (made with a type of bacteria) ¨¨¨¨¨^~†**
£**†~^¨¨¨¨ †~ wild flesh ¨¨¨¨^~†**£
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#@£**†~^¨¨ †~ organs ¨¨^~†**£@#
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#@£**†~^¨¨ is willing to sell) ¨¨^~†**£@#
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£**†~^¨¨¨¨ †~ blood colony two ¨¨¨¨^~†**£
**†~^¨¨¨¨¨ †~ insects ¨¨¨¨¨^~†**
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#@£**†~^¨¨ original culture which is fed blood ¨¨^~†**£@#
##@£**†~^¨ meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify ¨^~†**£@##
#@£**†~^¨¨ to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and ¨¨^~†**£@#
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£**†~^¨¨¨¨ ingredients have an effect on the blood ¨¨¨¨^~†**£
**†~^¨¨¨¨¨ which in turn affects miku. ¨¨¨¨¨^~†**
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#@£**†~^¨¨ factory that contains a vast number of ¨¨^~†**£@#
##@£**†~^¨ auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ¨^~†**£@##
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£**†~^¨¨¨¨ 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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