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........:~ \              featherbite             \ ~:........
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....:~\=#£                                          £#=\~:....
...:~\=#£#     virtual popstar with mirr-branded    #£#=\~:...
..:~\=#£## gloves,  reaching  out from shadowy data ##£#=\~:..
.:~\=#£### centeres, with  a  sly  grin.  she  will ###£#=\~:.
..:~\=#£## take   your   hand   if   you  let  her. ##£#=\~:..
...:~\=#£#           she will not let go.           #£#=\~:...
....:~\=#£                                          £#=\~:....
.....:~\=# but before any of this  is possible, you #=\~:.....
......:~\= must earn  some  personal time  together =\~:......
.......:~\ with the world's most famous influencer! \~:.......
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.......... most people are aware that she's  a mirr ..........
..........  company product, though their relation  ..........
.......... is  somewhat   unclear.  there  is  avid ..........
.......... speculation into who's her  actor,  many ..........
.........: believing  there  to me  more than  one. :.........
........:~ what    they   don't    know   is   that ~:........
.......:~\           featherbite is an ai.          \~:.......
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.....:~\=#     years of relentless training, of     #=\~:.....
....:~\=#£ grinding  test  audiences  to dust,  and £#=\~:....
...:~\=#£# here  is  now  this  program running  on #£#=\~:...
..:~\=#£## mirr's supercluster, trained to  amass a ##£#=\~:..
.:~\=#£###  dedicated and affectable audience. her  ###£#=\~:.
..:~\=#£##        appearance, her voice, her        ##£#=\~:..
...:~\=#£#  mannierisms... are weapons, pointed at  #£#=\~:...
....:~\=#£    the public, instilling addiction,     £#=\~:....
.....:~\=#         dependence, and loyalty.         #=\~:.....
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........:~ £££##~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~##£££ ~:........
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..........  featherbite's social media accounts are ..........
..........    constantly pushing for donations,     ..........
.......... recommending her  to  friends,  or other ..........
.......... contributions. at the center of this  is ..........
.......... an  official  fanclub,  operating  on  a ..........
..........     system of reward and punishment.     ..........
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........:~ those  who  play along will  be rewarded ~:........
.......:~\ with  larger  perks, while those who are \~:.......
......:~\=      uncooperative or try to expose      =\~:......
.....:~\=# featherbite  will  be punished.  due  to #=\~:.....
....:~\=#£ the  addictive  nature  of  exposure  to £#=\~:....
...:~\=#£#    featherbite, being denied access at   #£#=\~:...
..:~\=#£## this   stage  often   leads  to  painful ##£#=\~:..
.:~\=#£### withdrawal.  just the  threat of  it  is ###£#=\~:.
..:~\=#£##                effective.                ##£#=\~:..
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